Jean-Jacques Rousseau ~ Discourse on Inequality, 1754

[LiberaCHE]

"The first man who, having fenced in a piece of land, said "This is mine," and found people naive enough to believe him, that man was the true founder of civil society. From how many crimes, wars, and murders, from how many horrors and misfortunes might not any one have saved mankind, by pulling up the stakes, or filling up the ditch, and crying to his fellows: Beware of listening to this imposter; you are undone if you once forget that the fruits of the earth belong to us all, and the earth itself to nobody."




— Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Discourse on Inequality, 1754

[Incendiarism]

Excellent quote, reminds me of something Kropotkin would say.

[Random Precision]

Moved to Philosophy.

[rocker935]

I have the book "Discourse on Inequality", but I regret to say I have not started reading it yet.

[Uber]

That is a good quote. I always find Rousseau to be interesting despite only having read The Social Contract.

[trivas7]

He would have loved Henry George.