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1689–1755 France

Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (18 January 1689 – 10 February 1755), also known as Charles de Montesquieu, was a French political thinker who lived during the Enlightenment and is famous for his articulation of the theory of separation of powers.

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Also known as: Baron de Montesquieu, Charles Louis de Secondat Montesquieu, Charles de Montesquieu, Montesquieu, Charles de, Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu

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If I knew of something that could serve my nation but would ruin another, I would not propose it to my prince, for I am first a man and only then a Frenchman, because I am necessarily a man, and only accidentally am I French.

Pensées et Fragments Inédits de Montesquieu (1899)

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