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general will

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general will
n
(Philosophy) (in the philosophy of Rousseau) the source of legitimate authority residing in the collective will as contrasted with individual interests
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Plato and Aristotle were familiar with the legislator who was called in by the whole people, and they tended therefore to take the general will or common consent of the people for granted.
A Treatise on Government by Aristotle View in context
An entire consolidation of the States into one complete national sovereignty would imply an entire subordination of the parts; and whatever powers might remain in them, would be altogether dependent on the general will.
Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context
It is too true, however disgraceful it may be to human nature, that nations in general will make war whenever they have a prospect of getting anything by it; nay, absolute monarchs will often make war when their nations are to get nothing by it, but for the purposes and objects merely personal, such as thirst for military glory, revenge for personal affronts, ambition, or private compacts to aggrandize or support their particular families or partisans.
Federalist Papers Authored by John Jay by Jay, John View in context
 
 
 
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