Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui Quotes
It is certain that, so soon as the people submit to a king, really such, they have no longer the supreme power.
Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui, 1694–1750, Swiss Counsel of State & Political Philosopher, The Principles of Political Law, Chapter VII, 1748
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Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui was a Genevan legal and political theorist who popularised a number of ideas propounded by other thinkers.
