Jean-Jacques Rousseau quote about democracy from The Social Contract - As soon as any man says of the affairs of the State 'What does it matter to me?' the State may be given up for lost.
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“ As soon as any man says of the affairs of the State 'What does it matter to me?' the State may be given up for lost. ”
 Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract (1762). copy citation

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Author Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Source The Social Contract
Topic democracy citizenship state participation
Date 1762
Language English
Reference Of the Social Contract, or Principles of Political Law, Book III
Note Translated by George Douglas Howard Cole
Weblink https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Social_Contract/Book_III

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“Sitôt que quelqu'un dit des affaires de l'État, que m'importe ? on doit compter que l'État est perdu.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Du contrat social

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau quote about democracy from The Social Contract - As soon as any man says of the affairs of the State 'What does it matter to me?' the State may be given up for lost.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quote about democracy from The Social Contract - As soon as any man says of the affairs of the State 'What does it matter to me?' the State may be given up for lost.