I took note of two quotes in a comment by Jim C. about the Kimball piece quoted below:
'Rousseau warned that “Those who dare to undertake the institution of a people must feel themselves capable … of changing human nature, … of altering the constitution of man for the purpose of strengthening it.”'
Hillary Clinton, 1993: "Let us be willing to re-mold society by redefining what it means to be a human being in the twentieth century; moving into a new millennium."
Indeed. Does that mean that I get to redefine Rousseau and Hillary for their own good?