The right of conquest is not a right. A society can be founded only with the consent of its members. If it is destroyed by conquest, the nation becom… - Montesquieu
" "The right of conquest is not a right. A society can be founded only with the consent of its members. If it is destroyed by conquest, the nation becomes free again; it is not a new society, and if the conquerer tries to create one it will be a dictatorship.
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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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Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu
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