The Story of the French Revolution by Ernest Belfort Bax | Episode 1 |
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The Social Contract of the French Revolution by Rousseau
No original distinction existed between rulers and ruled. Any contract of the kind obtained was merely a political convenience, strictly subject to conditions. Governors were merely the delegates or mandatories of the people. As regards toleration, rousseau would allow the civil power the right of suppressing views which were deemed contrary to good citizenship like the romans. He would tolerate all religions equally that did not menace the state.
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