The deterioration of a government begins almost always by the decay of its principles.
Montesquieu, The Spirit of the Laws, Book VIII, Chapter 1.
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The deterioration of a government begins almost always by the decay of its principles.
Montesquieu, The Spirit of the Laws, Book VIII, Chapter 1.
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Politics is always downstream of culture. When a culture abandons it’s founding principles, the government toddles merrily along behind.