The people are extremely fickle, and if they are not governed by strict laws, they will soon fall into anarchy.
— Montesquieu Early Modern

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The Spirit of the Laws, Book II, Chapter 2: Of the Republican Government, and the Laws relative to Democracy

Date / Period

1748

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Shocking

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/10660/10660-h/10660-h.htm#link2H_4_0002

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