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We must have constantly present in our minds the difference between independence and liberty. Liberty is a right of doing whatever the laws permit, and if a citizen could do what they forbid he would no longer be possessed of liberty.
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The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy.
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"There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice." - Charles de Montesquieu quotes from BrainyQuote.com

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His mother, Marie Françoise de Pesnel, who died when Charles was seven, was an heiress who brought the title of Barony of La Brède to the Secondat family

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In France, the book met with an unfriendly reception from both supporters and opponents of the regime.

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In France, the book met with an unfriendly reception from both supporters and opponents of the regime.

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He achieved literary success with the publication of his Lettres persanes(Persian Letters, 1721), a satire representing society as seen through the eyes of two imaginary Persian visitors to Paris and Europe, cleverly criticizing the absurdities of contemporary French society.

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Montesquieu was also highly regarded in the British colonies in North America as a champion of liberty (though not of American independence)

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Montesquieu withdrew from the practice of law to devote himself to study and writing.

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He is also known for doing more than any other author to secure the place of the word despotism in the political lexicon.[2]