The political body, therefore, is also a moral being which has a will; and this general will, which tends always to the conservation and well-being of the whole and of each part of it... is, for all members of the state... the rule of what is just or unjust.


Discourse on Political Economy and The Social Contract (ed. Oxford University Press, 2008) - ISBN: 9780199538966

Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes

The political body, therefore, is also a moral being which has a will; and this general will, which tends always to the conservation and well-being...

The political body, therefore, is also a moral being which has a will; and this general will, which tends always to the conservation and well-being...

The political body, therefore, is also a moral being which has a will; and this general will, which tends always to the conservation and well-being...

The political body, therefore, is also a moral being which has a will; and this general will, which tends always to the conservation and well-being...