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
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
As James Madison, French philosopher Montesquieu, and even Chief Justice Roberts himself have noted, such a combination of powers creates the risk of tyranny.
From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2022
As well as inspiring a scene in Rostand's play, the novel also anticipates the various philosophical travel narratives of Montesquieu, Jonathan Swift, and Voltaire in the following century.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2022
Montesquieu did it, but he remained solitary among his contemporaries, won much celebrity, but exercised very little influence.
From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 by Various
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