Montesquieu — "The principle of democracy is corrupted not only when the spirit of equality is …"

The principle of democracy is corrupted not only when the spirit of equality is lost, but likewise when they fall into a spirit of extreme equality, and when every citizen wants to be equal to those whom he has chosen to command him.
Montesquieu — Montesquieu Early Modern · Separation of powers

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The Spirit of the Laws, Book VIII, Chapter 2: Of the Corruption of the Principle of Democracy

Date: 1748

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