For the popular state is the liberty of poor and weak persons and the servitude of rich and powerful persons; monarchy is the liberty of the great and the servitude of the small.
[Car l’état populaire est la liberté des personnes pauvres et foibles et la servitude des personnes riches et puissantes; et la monarchie est la liberté des grands et la servitude des petits.]
Charles-Lewis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689–1755) French political philosopher
Pensées Diverses [Assorted Thoughts], # 631 / 884, “On Political Liberty” (1720-1755) [tr. Clark (2012)]
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