Le peuple Anglois pense être libre ; il se trompe fort, il ne l'est que durant l'élection des membres du Parlement ; si-tôt qu'ils sont élus, il est esclave, il n'est rien.
— J-J Rousseau, Du contrat social
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques: Collection complète des oeuvres
The English people believes itself to be free; it is gravely mistaken, it is free only during the election of the members of Parliament; as soon as they are elected, the people is enslaved, it is nothing.
Of course J-J only lived in England for 2 years and apparently never learned any English, so you shouldn't believe a word of it.
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