“More states have perished by the violation of their
moral customs than by the violation of their laws.” — French political theorist
Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu, Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and Their Decline (1734), translated by David
Lowenthal
This year, if we’re unlucky, we may elect a
President who might commit both violations.
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