“I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.” In this quote Rousseau is questioning government and it’s authority when slavery is permitted.
Secondly, what was Rousseau’s famous quote?
“People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.” “I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.” “Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.”
Also question is, what were Rousseau’s views on slavery? Despite his ubiquitous condemnation of the “slavery” of his “civilized” contemporaries, Rousseau wrote next to nothing about the actual enslavement of millions of people who pervaded the social landscape of the European–African–American triangle in the 18th century.
Hereof, when did Thomas Jefferson say I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery?
Thomas Jefferson believed that even evil was productive and could do some good. With that he also said that a small rebellion every now in then is helpful in keeping the government in check. These ideas he shared to James Madison, January 30, 1787.