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Quotation from The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“The people of England regards itself as free; but it is grossly mistaken; it is free only during the election of members of parliament”
The Social Contract, Book III, Chapter XV, trans. G. D. H. Cole (1913)
Rousseau's attack on representative government.
Citation: "The people of England regards itself as free; but it is grossly mistaken; it is free only during the election of members of parliament" — Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract, Book III, Chapter XV, trans. G. D. H. Cole (1913). (id the-social-contract-q12)
Portrait: Portrait of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778), Maurice Quentin de La Tour, Public domain.
