Government originated in the attempt to find a form of association that defends and protects the person and property of each with the common force of all. (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)

Government originated in the attempt to find a form of association that defends and protects the person and property of each with the common force of all.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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