I like Montesquieu's works, so I'll just drop my favorite lines from the reading. :)

"Power should be distributed among the individuals and groups of the society so as to ensure maximal freedom."

"Men (people) are not free because they have natural rights, or because they revolt if oppression becomes unbearable; they are free to the extent that power is distributed and organized as to prevent and minimize its abuse."

"The final collapse is viewed as a consequence of the initial success which so transformed the whole structure of society as to destroy the very conditions which made for success."

Therefore, what built you up will be the reason of your downfall.

"How one views the customs and ideas of a society depends on the social position one occupies and hence on the cultural perspective one adopts."

"Morality, religion, economic life, the family, etc. are regarded as the 'actual stuff of life' and consequently the subject matter of social science."

"Rules could never be valid for all societies or for all people. Regardless of the particular form of society, the nature of man requires that certain needs to be met."

"In a democracy, the common welfare of all is emphasized. A democratic republic, then, is a relatively small, egalitarian, and homogeneous and is characterized by solidarity."

Oh ano nangyari sa'yo, Pilipinas?

"Men (people) have the ability to deviate from that nature because their judgments are subject to ignorance and error."

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