Politics are a smooth file, which cuts gradually, and attains its end by slow progression.
Baron de MontesquieuIt is rare to find learned men who are clean, do not stink and have a sense of humour.
Baron de MontesquieuIn every government there are three sorts of power: the legislative; the executive in respect to things dependent on the law of nations; and the executive in regard to matters that depend on the civil law.
Baron de Montesquieu