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Comment: ‘Since liberty is a fruit that does not grow in all climates, it cannot be enjoyed by all people alike’. (Rousseau)

  • UPSC 1992
  • Equality and Liberty

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The statement paraphrases the opening of Book III, ch. 8 of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's The Social Contract (1762): "Liberty, not being a fruit of all climates, is not within the reach of all peoples." The chapter is titled "That all forms of government do not suit all countries". In it Rousseau adopts, and claims to confirm,…

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