The object of the State is the regeneration of man.
The object of the State is the regeneration of man .-- Two sides to this undertaking .-- Restoration of the Natural man.
-- Formation of the Social man .-- Grandeur of the undertaking.
-- To carry it out, the use of force is a right and a duty.
There is nothing arbitrary in this operation; for the ideal model is traced beforehand.

If the State is omnipotent, it is for the purpose of "regenerating Mankind," and the theory which confers its rights, at the same time assigns to it its object.

In what does this regeneration of Man consist ?--Consider a domestic animal such as a dog or a horse.
Scrawny, battered, tied up or chained, a thousand are strained and overworked compared to the few basking in idleness, dying from rich living; and with all of them, whether fat or lean, the soul is more spoiled than the body.

A superstitious respect keeps them cowed under their burden, or makes them cringe before their master.

Servile, slothful, gluttonous, feeble, incapable of resisting adversity, if they have acquired the miserable skills of slavery, they have also contracted its needs, weaknesses and vices.