Those citizens who have deserved well of their country ought to be rewarded with honours, but never with privileges: for the Republic is at the eve of its fall, when any one can think it fine not to obey the laws.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- A Discourse on Political Economy (1755); source text line 11155; English translation: G. D. H. Cole
- A Discourse on Political Economy (1755); source text line 11155
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