Montesquieu
Americannoun
noun
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This policy derived in part from the founders’ dedication to liberty, which they understood in the sense Montesquieu describes in his book “The Spirit of the Laws.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
Like Montesquieu, Locke advocated for a separation of governmental powers in which the legislative, not the executive, would be supreme.
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2023
His contemporary Montesquieu also wrote extensively about the relationship between laws and rights.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
These politicians were drawing on the writings of Enlightenment intellectuals such as Montesquieu and John Locke, studying historical examples from ancient Greece and Rome, and embracing key elements of English governance and common law.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2022
No greater mistake could be made than to look for his sources in Locke, Montesquieu, or Rousseau.
From Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism by Chinard, Gilbert
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