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Montesquieu: First a man

​”If I knew of something that could serve my nation but would ruin another, I would not propose it to my prince, for I am first a man and only then a Frenchman … because I am necessarily a man, and only accidentally am I French.”

— Montesquieu, philosopher, lawyer, and writer (18 Jan 1689-1755) .



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