"Man is born free, but he is everywhere in chains" this statement was made by:

Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains. This line is an excerpt from Jean-Jacques Rousseau's book: The Social Contract.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau:
- Born: June 28, 1712, Geneva, Switzerland.
- Death: July 2, 1778, Ermenonville, France.
- Swiss-born philosopher, writer, and political theorist.
- His treatises and novels inspired the leaders of the French Revolution and the Romantic generation.
- His first major work is: "The Discourse on the Arts and Sciences (1750)."
- He wrote a melodrama, named: "Pygmalion."

Other Notable Works:
- A Discourse on the Origins of Inequality (1755)
- The Social Contract (1762)
- the novels Julie; or, The New Eloise (1761)
- Émile; or On Education (1762);
- the autobiographical Confessions (1782–1789)

Source: Britannica.com