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The body politic, like the human body, begins to die from its birth, and bears in itself the causes of its destruction.
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Variant: The body politic, as well as the human body, begins to die as soon as it is born, and carries itself the causes of its destruction.
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III, Ch. 11.

 

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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