“ The best aristocracy is one in which the part of the people having no share in the power is so small and so poor that the dominant part has no interest in oppressing it. ”
Montesquieu, The Spirit of Law (1748). copy citation
| Author | Montesquieu |
|---|---|
| Source | The Spirit of Law |
| Topic | aristocracy sharing |
| 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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