Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains.

We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man's estate, is the gift of education.

Man is born free, yet he is everywhere in chains.

As soon as any man says of the affairs of the State 'What does it matter to me?' the State may be given up for lost

The man who has lived the longest is not he who has spent the greatest number of years, but he who has had the greatest sensibility of life

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.