Full Idea
No man has any natural authority over his fellows.
Gist of Idea
No man has any natural authority over his fellows
Source
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (The Social Contract (tr Cress) [1762], I.4)
Book Reference
Rousseau,Jean-Jacques: 'The Social Contract', ed/tr. Cranston,Maurice [Penguin 1972], p.53
A Reaction
This is, of course, specifically denying that superior strength is the same as a natural right. 'Right' might be a better word than 'authority'. If strength doesn't bestow a natural right, then presumably neither does weakness.