Liberty is a right of doing whatever the laws permits. — Montesquieu
Liberty is a right of doing whatever the laws permits.
In the original French
La liberté est le droit de faire tout ce que les lois permettent
The Spirit of the Laws · 1748
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Secondat, Charles Baron de Montesquieu. The Spirit of Laws. Prometheus, 2002, bk. 11, ch. 3.
Original citation
Secondat, Charles Baron de Montesquieu [published anonymously]. L'Esprit de Lois [The Spirit of Laws]. Geneva: Barrillot & Fils, 1748, bk. 11, ch. 3.
