Rousseau Quotes

You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no one. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

You are worried about seeing him spend his early years in doing nothing. What! Is it nothing to be happy? Nothing to skip, play, and run around all day long? Never in his life will he be so busy again. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

With the summer driving season quickly approaching, today's larger-than-expected decline in gasoline inventories should be positive for refining margins. - Jacques Rousseau

With children use force with men reason; such is the natural order of things. The wise man requires no law. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Whoever blushes is already guilty; true innocence is ashamed of nothing. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Whoever blushes confesses guilt, true innocence never feels shame. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

While sanctions would be aimed at coercing Iran to abandon its nuclear-testing program, the world is reliant on Iran continuing to export crude oil into the global markets in order to keep prices from rising, which is a point that Iranian officials have been quick to make. - Jacques Rousseau

When something an affliction happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

When I go out into the countryside and see the sun and the green and everything flowering, I say to myself Yes indeed, all that belongs to me! - Henri Rousseau

When a man dies he clutches in his hands only that which he has given away during his lifetime. - Jean Jacques Rousseau