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If some citizens do not pay enough, there is no great harm; their plenty always reverts to the public; if some individuals pay too much, their ruin turns against the public.
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Montesquieu
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The Spirit of Law
(1748)
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Montesquieu
Source
The Spirit of Law
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public
harm
Date
1748
Language
English
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Translated by Anne M. Cohler, Basia Carolyn Miller and Harold Samuel Stone
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"If some citizens do not pay enough, there is no great harm; their plenty always reverts to the public; if some individuals pay too much, their ruin turns against the public." Montesquieu, The Spirit of Law (1748).
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