Baron de Montesquieu:


In The Spirit of Laws, Montesquieu wrote of his admiration of the English government and promoted the separation of governmental powers. This idea influenced the United States Constitution with the division of the three branches of government: legislative, executive, and judicial.

Quotes by Montesquieu:

"If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides."

"In republican governments, men are all equal; equal they are also in despotic governments: in the former, because they are everything; in the latter, because they are nothing."

"If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier than other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are."

Back to Home