The political liberty of the subject is a tranquillity of mind arising from the opinion each person has of his safety. In order to have this liberty, it is requisite the government be so constituted as one man need not be afraid of another.
Separation of powers
The Spirit of the Laws, Book XI, Chapter 6: Of the Constitution of England
1748
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