In 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 MontesquieuThere are bad examples which are worse than crimes; and more states have perished from the violation of morality than from the violation of law.
Baron de MontesquieuBetter it is to say that the government most comfortable to nature is that which best agrees with the humor and disposition of the people in whose favor it is established.
Baron de MontesquieuPolitics are a smooth file, which cuts gradually, and attains its end by slow progression.
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