Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes

The English people think they are free; they are greatly deceived; they are free only during the election of members of Parliament.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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• The U.S., together with trans-Atlantic allies, never recognized the occupation of the Baltic states by the Soviet Union. Moscow faced pressure or retaliation every time it tried to move toward official recognition, or at least acceptance, of its claim that the Baltic states were Soviet republics.

  

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• The English people think they are free; they are greatly deceived; they are free only during the election of members of Parliament.

  

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  • People
  • Thinking
  • Free