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  1. A quotation from Montesquieu

    It has eternally been observed that any man who has power is led to abuse it; he continues until he finds limits.
     
    [C’est une expérience éternelle, que tout homme qui a du pouvoir est porté à en abuser; il va jusqu’à ce qu’il trouve des limites.]

    Charles-Lewis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755) French political philosopher
    Spirit of Laws [The Spirit of the Laws; De l’esprit des lois], Book 11, ch. 4 (11.4) (1748) [tr. Cohler/Miller/Stone (1989)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montesquieu/83499/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montesquieu #absolutepower #abuseofauthority #abuseofpower #authority #corruption #history #power

  2. A quotation from Montesquieu

    It has eternally been observed that any man who has power is led to abuse it; he continues until he finds limits.
     
    [C’est une expérience éternelle, que tout homme qui a du pouvoir est porté à en abuser; il va jusqu’à ce qu’il trouve des limites.]

    Charles-Lewis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755) French political philosopher
    Spirit of Laws [The Spirit of the Laws; De l’esprit des lois], Book 11, ch. 4 (11.4) (1748) [tr. Cohler/Miller/Stone (1989)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montesquieu/83499/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montesquieu #absolutepower #abuseofauthority #abuseofpower #authority #corruption #history #power

  3. A quotation from Montesquieu

    It has eternally been observed that any man who has power is led to abuse it; he continues until he finds limits.
     
    [C’est une expérience éternelle, que tout homme qui a du pouvoir est porté à en abuser; il va jusqu’à ce qu’il trouve des limites.]

    Charles-Lewis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755) French political philosopher
    Spirit of Laws [The Spirit of the Laws; De l’esprit des lois], Book 11, ch. 4 (11.4) (1748) [tr. Cohler/Miller/Stone (1989)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montesquieu/83499/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montesquieu #absolutepower #abuseofauthority #abuseofpower #authority #corruption #history #power

  4. A quotation from Montesquieu

    It has eternally been observed that any man who has power is led to abuse it; he continues until he finds limits.
     
    [C’est une expérience éternelle, que tout homme qui a du pouvoir est porté à en abuser; il va jusqu’à ce qu’il trouve des limites.]

    Charles-Lewis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755) French political philosopher
    Spirit of Laws [The Spirit of the Laws; De l’esprit des lois], Book 11, ch. 4 (11.4) (1748) [tr. Cohler/Miller/Stone (1989)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montesquieu/83499/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montesquieu #absolutepower #abuseofauthority #abuseofpower #authority #corruption #history #power

  5. A quotation from Montesquieu

    It has eternally been observed that any man who has power is led to abuse it; he continues until he finds limits.
     
    [C’est une expérience éternelle, que tout homme qui a du pouvoir est porté à en abuser; il va jusqu’à ce qu’il trouve des limites.]

    Charles-Lewis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755) French political philosopher
    Spirit of Laws [The Spirit of the Laws; De l’esprit des lois], Book 11, ch. 4 (11.4) (1748) [tr. Cohler/Miller/Stone (1989)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montesquieu/83499/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montesquieu #absolutepower #abuseofauthority #abuseofpower #authority #corruption #history #power

  6. Trump failed again: "Not only had the White House failed to achieve its strategic objective — both the mass removal of immigrants from the #Minneapolis area and the suppression of the administration’s political opponents through force and the fear of force — it had also lost significant ground with the public on its most favorable issue":
    nytimes.com/2026/01/28/opinion
    #AbuseOfAuthority #TrumpLiedPeopleDied #politics copy: @renewedresistance

  7. Trump failed again: "Not only had the White House failed to achieve its strategic objective — both the mass removal of immigrants from the #Minneapolis area and the suppression of the administration’s political opponents through force and the fear of force — it had also lost significant ground with the public on its most favorable issue":
    nytimes.com/2026/01/28/opinion
    #AbuseOfAuthority #TrumpLiedPeopleDied #politics copy: @renewedresistance

  8. Trump failed again: "Not only had the White House failed to achieve its strategic objective — both the mass removal of immigrants from the #Minneapolis area and the suppression of the administration’s political opponents through force and the fear of force — it had also lost significant ground with the public on its most favorable issue":
    nytimes.com/2026/01/28/opinion
    #AbuseOfAuthority #TrumpLiedPeopleDied #politics copy: @renewedresistance

  9. Trump failed again: "Not only had the White House failed to achieve its strategic objective — both the mass removal of immigrants from the #Minneapolis area and the suppression of the administration’s political opponents through force and the fear of force — it had also lost significant ground with the public on its most favorable issue":
    nytimes.com/2026/01/28/opinion
    #AbuseOfAuthority #TrumpLiedPeopleDied #politics copy: @renewedresistance

  10. "How Trump Realized He Had a Big Problem in Minneapolis. Pres. Trump often blusters his way through a crisis, refusing to back down. Minneapolis tested the limits of that strategy":
    nytimes.com/2026/01/28/us/poli
    #AbuseOfAuthority #TrumpLiedPeopleDied #politics

  11. "How Trump Realized He Had a Big Problem in Minneapolis. Pres. Trump often blusters his way through a crisis, refusing to back down. Minneapolis tested the limits of that strategy":
    nytimes.com/2026/01/28/us/poli
    #AbuseOfAuthority #TrumpLiedPeopleDied #politics

  12. "How Trump Realized He Had a Big Problem in Minneapolis. Pres. Trump often blusters his way through a crisis, refusing to back down. Minneapolis tested the limits of that strategy":
    nytimes.com/2026/01/28/us/poli
    #AbuseOfAuthority #TrumpLiedPeopleDied #politics

  13. "How Trump Realized He Had a Big Problem in Minneapolis. Pres. Trump often blusters his way through a crisis, refusing to back down. Minneapolis tested the limits of that strategy":
    nytimes.com/2026/01/28/us/poli
    #AbuseOfAuthority #TrumpLiedPeopleDied #politics

  14. Sen. Amy Klobuchar: "Both the Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association and the International Association of Chiefs of Police have joined mayors, business leaders, and community voices in speaking out about the dangerous ICE surge in Minnesota. It’s clear that ICE needs to leave our state. Now."
    #Trump #AbuseOfAuthority #SenselessViolence #politics

  15. Sen. Amy Klobuchar: "Both the Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association and the International Association of Chiefs of Police have joined mayors, business leaders, and community voices in speaking out about the dangerous ICE surge in Minnesota. It’s clear that ICE needs to leave our state. Now."
    #Trump #AbuseOfAuthority #SenselessViolence #politics

  16. Sen. Amy Klobuchar: "Both the Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association and the International Association of Chiefs of Police have joined mayors, business leaders, and community voices in speaking out about the dangerous ICE surge in Minnesota. It’s clear that ICE needs to leave our state. Now."
    #Trump #AbuseOfAuthority #SenselessViolence #politics

  17. Sen. Amy Klobuchar: "Both the Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association and the International Association of Chiefs of Police have joined mayors, business leaders, and community voices in speaking out about the dangerous ICE surge in Minnesota. It’s clear that ICE needs to leave our state. Now."
    #Trump #AbuseOfAuthority #SenselessViolence #politics

  18. This kinda shit isn't surprising to me because I've experienced a lot of racial profiling, illegal as fuck BS from both USA & Canada #BorderControl nazi fuckers. Both readily & regularly use abuses of power. Both target BIPOC people, indiscriminately.

    This was recorded on 2nd hidden audio gear. It highlights how USA border patrol thugs believe they have any/all right to violate constitution & abuse/threaten people, at their will.

    #Secret #Audio From #BorderPatrolCheckpoint They Didn’t Want You to Hear
    m.youtube.com/watch?v=CjYbVM4R

    #USpol #RacialProfiling #KnowYourRights #AbuseOfAuthority #AbuseOfPower #RemoveQualifiedImmunity

  19. This kinda shit isn't surprising to me because I've experienced a lot of racial profiling, illegal as fuck BS from both USA & Canada #BorderControl nazi fuckers. Both readily & regularly use abuses of power. Both target BIPOC people, indiscriminately.

    This was recorded on 2nd hidden audio gear. It highlights how USA border patrol thugs believe they have any/all right to violate constitution & abuse/threaten people, at their will.

    #Secret #Audio From #BorderPatrolCheckpoint They Didn’t Want You to Hear
    m.youtube.com/watch?v=CjYbVM4R

    #USpol #RacialProfiling #KnowYourRights #AbuseOfAuthority #AbuseOfPower #RemoveQualifiedImmunity

  20. This kinda shit isn't surprising to me because I've experienced a lot of racial profiling, illegal as fuck BS from both USA & Canada #BorderControl nazi fuckers. Both readily & regularly use abuses of power. Both target BIPOC people, indiscriminately.

    This was recorded on 2nd hidden audio gear. It highlights how USA border patrol thugs believe they have any/all right to violate constitution & abuse/threaten people, at their will.

    #Secret #Audio From #BorderPatrolCheckpoint They Didn’t Want You to Hear
    m.youtube.com/watch?v=CjYbVM4R

    #USpol #RacialProfiling #KnowYourRights #AbuseOfAuthority #AbuseOfPower #RemoveQualifiedImmunity

  21. This kinda shit isn't surprising to me because I've experienced a lot of racial profiling, illegal as fuck BS from both USA & Canada #BorderControl nazi fuckers. Both readily & regularly use abuses of power. Both target BIPOC people, indiscriminately.

    This was recorded on 2nd hidden audio gear. It highlights how USA border patrol thugs believe they have any/all right to violate constitution & abuse/threaten people, at their will.

    #Secret #Audio From #BorderPatrolCheckpoint They Didn’t Want You to Hear
    m.youtube.com/watch?v=CjYbVM4R

    #USpol #RacialProfiling #KnowYourRights #AbuseOfAuthority #AbuseOfPower #RemoveQualifiedImmunity

  22. This kinda shit isn't surprising to me because I've experienced a lot of racial profiling, illegal as fuck BS from both USA & Canada #BorderControl nazi fuckers. Both readily & regularly use abuses of power. Both target BIPOC people, indiscriminately.

    This was recorded on 2nd hidden audio gear. It highlights how USA border patrol thugs believe they have any/all right to violate constitution & abuse/threaten people, at their will.

    #Secret #Audio From #BorderPatrolCheckpoint They Didn’t Want You to Hear
    m.youtube.com/watch?v=CjYbVM4R

    #USpol #RacialProfiling #KnowYourRights #AbuseOfAuthority #AbuseOfPower #RemoveQualifiedImmunity

  23. Sen. Ted Cruz sells out, again: "When it comes to Greenland, I want to commend Pres. Trump for being single-mindedly focused on America first. I believe it is overwhelmingly in America's national interest to acquire Greenland. The whole history of America has been a history of acquiring new lands and new territories."

    Putin is trying to acquire new lands and new territories in Ukraine.
    Trump, #PutinsPuppet, is trying to follow Putin's example.
    #politics #AbuseOfAuthority #aggression

  24. Sen. Ted Cruz sells out, again: "When it comes to Greenland, I want to commend Pres. Trump for being single-mindedly focused on America first. I believe it is overwhelmingly in America's national interest to acquire Greenland. The whole history of America has been a history of acquiring new lands and new territories."

    Putin is trying to acquire new lands and new territories in Ukraine.
    Trump, #PutinsPuppet, is trying to follow Putin's example.
    #politics #AbuseOfAuthority #aggression

  25. Sen. Ted Cruz sells out, again: "When it comes to Greenland, I want to commend Pres. Trump for being single-mindedly focused on America first. I believe it is overwhelmingly in America's national interest to acquire Greenland. The whole history of America has been a history of acquiring new lands and new territories."

    Putin is trying to acquire new lands and new territories in Ukraine.
    Trump, #PutinsPuppet, is trying to follow Putin's example.
    #politics #AbuseOfAuthority #aggression

  26. Sen. Ted Cruz sells out, again: "When it comes to Greenland, I want to commend Pres. Trump for being single-mindedly focused on America first. I believe it is overwhelmingly in America's national interest to acquire Greenland. The whole history of America has been a history of acquiring new lands and new territories."

    Putin is trying to acquire new lands and new territories in Ukraine.
    Trump, #PutinsPuppet, is trying to follow Putin's example.
    #politics #AbuseOfAuthority #aggression

  27. "Trump sounded more like a gangster than like a American president when he said: 'he planned to fix Venezuela’s oil industry, a proposition he said could yield a lot of money.' The job of a president of the United States is not to fix Venezuela’s oil industry":
    sfchronicle.com/sf/article/tru
    #TheTrumpDoctrine = #MightMakesRight. #AbuseOfAuthority #MisuseOfOurMilitary #politics #WorstPresidentEver

  28. "Trump sounded more like a gangster than like a American president when he said: 'he planned to fix Venezuela’s oil industry, a proposition he said could yield a lot of money.' The job of a president of the United States is not to fix Venezuela’s oil industry":
    sfchronicle.com/sf/article/tru
    #TheTrumpDoctrine = #MightMakesRight. #AbuseOfAuthority #MisuseOfOurMilitary #politics #WorstPresidentEver

  29. "Trump sounded more like a gangster than like a American president when he said: 'he planned to fix Venezuela’s oil industry, a proposition he said could yield a lot of money.' The job of a president of the United States is not to fix Venezuela’s oil industry":
    sfchronicle.com/sf/article/tru
    #TheTrumpDoctrine = #MightMakesRight. #AbuseOfAuthority #MisuseOfOurMilitary #politics #WorstPresidentEver

  30. "Trump sounded more like a gangster than like a American president when he said: 'he planned to fix Venezuela’s oil industry, a proposition he said could yield a lot of money.' The job of a president of the United States is not to fix Venezuela’s oil industry":
    sfchronicle.com/sf/article/tru
    #TheTrumpDoctrine = #MightMakesRight. #AbuseOfAuthority #MisuseOfOurMilitary #politics #WorstPresidentEver

  31. “'No more undefined missions; no more open-ended conflicts,' Vice President JD Vance told a graduating class at the U.S. Naval Academy earlier this year" but Trump's aggression against #Venezuela is an undefined mission which begins an open-ended conflict:
    nytimes.com/2026/01/03/us/poli
    #WorstPresidentEver #AbuseOfAuthority #MisuseOfOurMilitary #politics

  32. “'No more undefined missions; no more open-ended conflicts,' Vice President JD Vance told a graduating class at the U.S. Naval Academy earlier this year" but Trump's aggression against #Venezuela is an undefined mission which begins an open-ended conflict:
    nytimes.com/2026/01/03/us/poli
    #WorstPresidentEver #AbuseOfAuthority #MisuseOfOurMilitary #politics

  33. “'No more undefined missions; no more open-ended conflicts,' Vice President JD Vance told a graduating class at the U.S. Naval Academy earlier this year" but Trump's aggression against #Venezuela is an undefined mission which begins an open-ended conflict:
    nytimes.com/2026/01/03/us/poli
    #WorstPresidentEver #AbuseOfAuthority #MisuseOfOurMilitary #politics

  34. “'No more undefined missions; no more open-ended conflicts,' Vice President JD Vance told a graduating class at the U.S. Naval Academy earlier this year" but Trump's aggression against #Venezuela is an undefined mission which begins an open-ended conflict:
    nytimes.com/2026/01/03/us/poli
    #WorstPresidentEver #AbuseOfAuthority #MisuseOfOurMilitary #politics

  35. When he was campaigning in 2024 for the Trump/Vance ticket, JD Vance wrote an article in the Wall Street Journal titled:
    "Trump's Best Foreign Policy? Not Starting Any Wars".

    Trump ordered our military to commit acts of war against Venezuela, and Vance expressed support for this aggression.
    #WorstPresidentEver #AbuseOfAuthority #MisuseOfOurMilitary #politics copy: @renewedresistance

  36. When he was campaigning in 2024 for the Trump/Vance ticket, JD Vance wrote an article in the Wall Street Journal titled:
    "Trump's Best Foreign Policy? Not Starting Any Wars".

    Trump ordered our military to commit acts of war against Venezuela, and Vance expressed support for this aggression.
    #WorstPresidentEver #AbuseOfAuthority #MisuseOfOurMilitary #politics copy: @renewedresistance

  37. When he was campaigning in 2024 for the Trump/Vance ticket, JD Vance wrote an article in the Wall Street Journal titled:
    "Trump's Best Foreign Policy? Not Starting Any Wars".

    Trump ordered our military to commit acts of war against Venezuela, and Vance expressed support for this aggression.
    #WorstPresidentEver #AbuseOfAuthority #MisuseOfOurMilitary #politics copy: @renewedresistance

  38. When he was campaigning in 2024 for the Trump/Vance ticket, JD Vance wrote an article in the Wall Street Journal titled:
    "Trump's Best Foreign Policy? Not Starting Any Wars".

    Trump ordered our military to commit acts of war against Venezuela, and Vance expressed support for this aggression.
    #WorstPresidentEver #AbuseOfAuthority #MisuseOfOurMilitary #politics copy: @renewedresistance

  39. Here is the truth about Trump's aggression against Venezuela:

    "Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who in recent months has tried to establish a rapport with Trump, said in a post on X that Maduro’s ouster crossed an unacceptable line and recalls the worst moments of interference in the politics of Latin America and the Caribbean”:
    politico.com/news/2026/01/03/t
    copy: @renewedresistance #politics #AbuseOfAuthority #MisuseOfOurMilitary #WorstPresidentEver

  40. Here is the truth about Trump's aggression against Venezuela:

    "Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who in recent months has tried to establish a rapport with Trump, said in a post on X that Maduro’s ouster crossed an unacceptable line and recalls the worst moments of interference in the politics of Latin America and the Caribbean”:
    politico.com/news/2026/01/03/t
    copy: @renewedresistance #politics #AbuseOfAuthority #MisuseOfOurMilitary #WorstPresidentEver