Charles de Montesquieu, 1748, The Spirit of the Laws, (Montesquieu died on Feb. 10, 1755)

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“But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go.”

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On April 26, 1777, Sibyl Ludington, aged 16, rode 40 miles to alert American colonial forces to the approach of the British. Her ride was over twice as long as Paul Revere’s more famous effort.

On the same day in 1805, United States Marines captured Derne under the command of First Lieutenant Presley O’Bannon, an important event in the First Barbary War.

In April 26, 1865, Union cavalry troopers cornered John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Lincoln, in Virginia, shooting him to death. There was no interrogation.

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