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Quote from Charles de Montesquieu,


"Republics end through luxury; monarchies through poverty.
[Fr., Les republiques finissent par le luxe; les monarchies, par la pauvrete.]"


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Charles de Montesquieu (more quotes by Charles de Montesquieu or books by/about Charles de Montesquieu)


[Montesquieu, Charles Louis de Secondat] (1689-1755) Baron de Montesquieu

Source:

De l'Esprit (VII, ch. IV)

Categories:

Debt, Economics, Monarchy, Poverty, Republic

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