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If liberty has a price for the one who buys it, it is priceless for the one who sells it.
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Montesquieu
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The Spirit of Law
(1748)
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Author
Montesquieu
Source
The Spirit of Law
Topic
liberty
price
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 liberty has a price for the one who buys it, it is priceless for the one who sells it." Montesquieu, The Spirit of Law (1748).
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