One knows the needs of one’s own town better than those of other towns, and one judges the ability of one’s neighbors better than that of one’s other compatriots.
 Montesquieu, The Spirit of Law (1748). copy citation

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Author Montesquieu
Source The Spirit of Law
Topic ability town
Date 1748
Language English
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Note Translated by Anne M. Cohler, Basia Carolyn Miller and Harold Samuel Stone
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