Note 1034 — Chapter IV · : DOCTRINES THAT OWE THEIR INSPIRATION TO CHRISTIANITY
R. (Robert) Richards translation
“The gravest and most dangerous error of all, and one that has been the parent of all our revolutions, is the false principle which the innovators of 1789 would put into practice and which affirms the original perfection of mankind. It also encourages the belief that a society composed of ‘natural’ men would enjoy peace and happiness without any effort at all, and that these desiderata are just the spontaneous outcome of every free society.”