On the record
Adams controverts, maintaining in opposition to it that the social compact constituting the body-politic is, and by the law of nature must be, a compact not merely of individuals, but of families.
Source
gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Quincy presents Adams's counterargument to Rousseau, asserting that the social compact includes families, not just individuals.
Share
More from Josiah Quincy
A single breath blew all his mock-judicial array into air and smoke.
The pride of Britain itself must bend to the course of events.
I have no doubt our citizens will rally a second time round the standard of Common Sense.
As a treaty of commerce it will be indeed of little use to us, and we shall never obtain anything more favorable so long as the principles of the navigation act are obstinately adhered to by Great Britain.
Other voices in this conversation
