Quote by Jean-Jacques Rousseau: “The general will is always right and tends to the public advantage.”

Rousseau argued that the collective desire of a community, when genuinely focused on the common good, is always correct and beneficial for everyone. It represents the shared interest of society, not just individual desires.

Rousseau introduced the concept of the 'general will' in *The Social Contract* as a core principle of legitimate government. He distinguished it from the 'will of all,' asserting that the general will represents the common good and should guide the state.

Genevan philosopher and writer whose ideas about natural freedom, the social contract, and education profoundly influenced the French Revolution and modern political thought. His 1762 work The Social Contract opened with this line and transformed European political philosophy.