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The principle of the division of legislative power thus received its last consecration... [t]his theory, nearly ignored in ancient republics, introduced into the world almost haphazardly like most great truths, unknown to several modern peoples, has at length passed into the political science of our day as an axiom.
— Oct 15, 2016 09:03AM
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In light of current events, Tocqueville seems relevant: "Previously Washington had announced this beautiful and just idea: 'The nation that delivers itself to habitual sentiments of love or hatred toward another becomes a sort of slave to them. It is a slave to its hatred or to its love.'" Pg. 218
— Jan 22, 2017 09:12AM
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It is true that every man who receives an opinion on the word of another puts his mind in slavery; but it is a salutary servitude that permits him to make good use of his freedom.
— Dec 17, 2016 08:49AM
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Furthermore, it is not always the capacity that democracy lacks for choosing men of merit, but the desire and the taste.
— Nov 15, 2016 12:27PM
