When the [law making] and [law enforcement] powers are united in the same person... there can be no liberty.
Baron de MontesquieuCountries are not cultivated in proportion to their fertility, but to their liberty.
Baron de MontesquieuWhat unhappy beings men are! They constantly waver between false hopes and silly fears, and instead of relying on reason they create monsters to frighten themselves with, and phantoms which lead them astray.
Baron de Montesquieu