Sometimes a man who deserves to be looked upon because he is a fool is despised only because he is a lawyer.
Baron de MontesquieuA man who writes well writes not as others write, but as he himself writes; it is often in speaking badly that he speaks well.
Baron de MontesquieuBut constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go.
Baron de MontesquieuThe tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy.
Baron de Montesquieu