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"I like peasants-they are not sophisticated enough to reason speciously."

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Naivete

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About Montesquieu

Montesquieu was a French political philosopher and jurist of the Enlightenment. He is best known for The Spirit of Laws and for his influential articulation of the separation of powers in government.

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