Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes About Obedience
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Let it not, therefore, be said that the Sovereign is not subject to the laws of his State; since the contrary is a true proposition of the right of nations, which flattery has sometimes attacked but good princes have always defended as the tutelary divinity of their dominions. How much more legitimate is it to say with the wise Plato, that the perfect felicity of a kingdom consists in the obedience of subjects to their prince, and of the prince to the laws, and in the laws being just and constantly directed to the public good!
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Liberty is obedience to the law which one has laid down for oneself
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The strongest is never strong enough to be always the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.
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Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers.
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