Book III, Chapter 3
Virtue defined as the principle of democratic republics - the love of the laws and of our country.
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From The Spirit of Laws by Montesquieu
Each government has an animating principle: virtue (love of country and equality) for republics, honor for monarchies, and fear for despotisms; when the principle is corrupted, the government decays.
Book III, Chapter 7
Honor as the principle of monarchy - the prejudice of every person and rank.
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Fear as the principle of despotic government.
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On the corruption of the principles of the three governments - how each form perishes.
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