• The body politic, as well as the human body, begins to die as soon as it is born, and carries itself the causes of its destruction.

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  French writer and philosopher 1712-1778
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. destruction
2. carries
3. itself
4. causes

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The body politic, as well as the human body, begins to die as soon as it is born, and carries itself the causes of its destruction. by : Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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