Quote#World
The Social Contract is nothing more or less than a vast conspiracy of…
Quote byH. G. Wells · 1866–1946
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Love and Mr Lewisham (1899), Ch. 23.
English (original)
the Social Contract is nothing more or less than a vast conspiracy of human beings to lie to and humbug themselves and one another for the general Good. Lies are the mortar that bind the savage individual man into the social masonry
— H. G. Wells
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