Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what that is; the people is never corrupted, but it is oft — Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract
Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what that is; the people is never corrupted, but it is oft — Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract
Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what that is; the people is never corrupted, but it is oft — Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract
Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what that is; the people is never corrupted, but it is oft — Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract
Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what that is; the people is never corrupted, but it is oft — Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract
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Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what that is; the people is never corrupted, but it is often deceived..." (Bk2:3)

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract
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