Montesquieu
Americannoun
noun
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As Montesquieu had emphasized, they were especially desirable for a republic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
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
His preamble reflects to a large extent the views of Montesquieu and Beccaria which he copied in the "Commonplace Book."
From Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism by Chinard, Gilbert
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