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Jean-Jacques Rousseau quote about democracy from The Social Contract (1762) - Were there a people of gods, their government would be democratic. So perfect a government is not for men.

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“ Were there a people of gods, their government would be democratic. So perfect a government is not for men. ”

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Author

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Source

The Social Contract

Topic

democracy government perfection

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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Jean-Jacques Rousseau quote about democracy from The Social Contract (1762) - Were there a people of gods, their government would be democratic. So perfect a government is not for men.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau quote about democracy from The Social Contract (1762) - Were there a people of gods, their government would be democratic. So perfect a government is not for men.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau quote about democracy from The Social Contract (1762) - Were there a people of gods, their government would be democratic. So perfect a government is not for men.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau quote about democracy from The Social Contract (1762) - Were there a people of gods, their government would be democratic. So perfect a government is not for men.