Show respect, therefore, to your fellow-citizens, and you will render yourselves worthy of respect; show respect to liberty, and your power will increase daily.
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 11465; English translation: G. D. H. Cole
- A Discourse on Political Economy (1755); source text line 11465
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