文档介绍：BOOK I I MEAN toinquire if, inthe civil order, there can beany sure and legitimate rule ofadministration, men being taken asthey are and laws asthey might be. Inthis inquiry Ishall endeavour always tounite what right sanctions with what isprescribed byinterest, inorder that justice and utility may innocase bedivided. Ienter upon mytask without proving the importance ofthe subject. Ishall beasked ifIamaprince oralegislator, towrite onpolitics. Ianswer that Iamneither, and that iswhy Idoso. IfIwere aprince oralegislator, Ishould not waste time insaying what wants doing; Ishould doit, or hold mypeace. AsIwas born acitizen ofafree State, and amember ofthe Sovereign, Ifeel that, however feeble the influence myvoice can have onpublic affairs, the right ofvoting onthem makes itmyduty tostudy them: and Iamhappy, when Ireflect upon governments, tofind myinquiries always furnish mewith new reasons for loving that ofmyown country. 1. SUBJECT OF THE FIRST BOOK M ANisborn free; and everywhere heisinchains. One thinks himself the master ofothers, and still remains agreater slave than they. How did this e about? Idonot know. What can make itlegitimate? That question Ithink Ican answer. IfItook into account only force, and the effects derived from it, Ishould say: "As long asapeople pelled toobey, and obeys, itdoes well; assoon asitcan shake off the yoke, and shakes itoff, itdoes still better; for, regaining its liberty bythe same right astook itaway, either itisjustified inresuming it, orthere was nojustification for those who took itaway." But the social order isasacred right which is the basis ofall other rights. Nevertheless, this right does e from nature, and must therefore befounded onconventions. ing to that, Ihave toprove what Ihave just asserted. 2. THE FIRST SOCIETIES T HEmost ancient ofall societies, and the only one that isnatural, is the family: and even sothe children remain attached tothe father only solong asthey need him for their preservation. Assoon asthis need c