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Rousseau's famous quote from The Social Contract in French?

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Does anyone know what the original French is for: "Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains."?

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  1. From Chapter 1. of Rousseau's "Du Contrat Social":

    "L'homme est né libre, et partout il est dans les fers."

    Translation: "Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains."

    Variants: "Man is born free, and everywhere he is in shackles."

    "Man was born free, but is everywhere in bondage."


  2. l'homme est né libre, et partout il est dans les chaînes.
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