Compensation Quote by Baron de Montesquieu

“In constitutional states, liberty is compensation for heavy taxes; in dictatorships, the subsititue is light taxes.” quote by Baron de Montesquieu — Download Open image

“In constitutional states, liberty is compensation for heavy taxes; in dictatorships, the subsititue is light taxes.”

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