Baron de Montesquieu Quotes About Abuse
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But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go.
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Liberty... is there only when there is no abuse of power.
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That anyone who possesses power has a tendency to abuse it is an eternal truth. They tend to go as far as the barriers will allow.
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Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.
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Experience constantly proves that every man who has power is impelled to abuse it; he goes on till he is pulled up by some limits. Who would say it! virtue even has need of limits.
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