 | Ronald K. Huch - Biography & Autobiography - 1977 - 220 pages
...with Montesquieu that "constant experience shows that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go." There had to be some disinterested politicians who would help keep corruption in government to a minimum.... | |
 | Ronald K. Huch - 1977 - 218 pages
...with Montesquieu that "constant experience shows that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go." There had to be some disinterested politicians who would help keep corruption in government to a minimum.... | |
 | Donald M. McAllister - Architecture - 1982 - 324 pages
...abuse of power. But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go. Is it not strange, though true, to say that virtue itself has need of limits?13 34 Philosophy of Democracy tution,... | |
 | United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee - Constitutional law - 1983 - 1104 pages
...Montesquieu's first proposition is: "Constant experience shows us that man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go. Is it not strange, though true that virtue itself has need of limits?"" Second, "To prevent this abuse it is... | |
 | Walter Lippmann - 212 pages
...Montesquieu said, ". . . constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go. Is it not strange, though true, to say that virtue itself has needs of limits? To prevent this abuse it is necessary... | |
 | Mark J. Rozell - Executive privilege (Government information) - 1994 - 222 pages
...becoming tyrannical:12 "Constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go ... To prevent this abuse, it is necessary from the very nature of things that power should be a check... | |
 | George K. Yarrow, Piotr Jasiński - Business & Economics - 1996 - 522 pages
...Montesquieu asserts that "constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go" (Spirit of the Laws, I, 150); I. Kant that "the possession of power invariably debases the free judgment... | |
 | Scott GORDON, Scott Gordon - Political Science - 2009 - 408 pages
...abuse of power. But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go. Is it not strange, though true, to say that virtue itself has need of limits? To prevent this abuse, it is necessary... | |
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Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments; and even in these it is not always found. It is there only when there is no abuse of power. But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry... 
