社会
The natural effort of every individual to better his own condition， when suffered to exert itself with freedom and security， is so powerful a principle that it is alone， and without any assistance， not only capable of carrying on the society to wealth and prosperity but of surmounting a hundred impertinent obstructions with which the folly of human laws too often encumbers its operations.
The first duty of the sovereign， that of protecting the society from the violence and invasion of other independent societies， can be performed only by means of a military force.
No society can surely be flourishing and happy， of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable.
The first man who， having enclosed a piece of ground， bethought himself of saying 'This is mine，' and found people simple enough to believe him， was the real founder of civil society.
We are all bound by the social contract to obey the laws， but we also have the right to participate in making those laws.
Man is good by nature， society corrupts him.
Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates， and the magistrates obey the law.
The first man who， having fenced in a piece of land， said 'This is mine，' and found people naïve enough to believe him， that man was the true founder of civil society.