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"The English people believes itself to be free; it is gravely mistaken; it is free only during election of members of parliament; as soon as the members are elected, the people is enslaved; it is nothing. In the brief moment of its freedom, the English people makes such a use of that freedom that it deserves to lose it."
- Rousseau, Jean Jacques

<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/12206">The English people believes itself to be free; it is gravely mistaken; it is free only during election of members of parliament; as soon as the members are elected, the people is enslaved; it is nothing. In the brief moment of its freedom, the English people makes such a use of that freedom that it deserves to lose it.</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/6287/">Rousseau, Jean Jacques</a> on <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/subject/elections/">Elections</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com">Quotations Book</a>

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