Book XIII, Chapter 1
Public revenues should not be measured by what people can give but by what they ought to give.
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From The Spirit of Laws by Montesquieu
The rule of taxation reflects the regime: free states can bear heavier taxes because citizens consent and benefit, while despotisms extract tribute; taxes on persons mark servitude, taxes on commodities mark liberty.
Book XIII, Chapter 12
Relation between the weight of taxes and liberty - free peoples bear more.
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