Were there a people of gods, their government would be democratic. So perfect a government is not for men.
NOTES:
1The Palatine of Posen, father of the King of Poland, Duke of Lorraine. I prefer liberty with danger to peace with slavery.
CHAPTER 5 ARISTOCRACY
We have here two quite distinct moral persons,the government and the Sovereign, and in consequence two general wills, one general in relation to all the citizens, the other only for the members of the administration. Thus, although the government may regulate its internal policy as it pleases, it can never speak to the people save in the name of the Sovereign, that is, of the people itself, a fact which must not be forgotten.