Montesquieu — "Again, there is no liberty, if the power of judging be not separated from the le…"

Again, there is no liberty, if the power of judging be not separated from the legislative and executive powers. Were it joined with the legislative, the life and liberty of the subject would be exposed to arbitrary control; for the judge would be then the legislator. Were it joined to the executive power, the judge might behave with all the violence of an oppressor.
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The Spirit of the Laws, Book XI, Chapter VI: Of the Constitution of England

Date: 1748

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