The climate, the religion, the laws, the maxims of government, the precedents, the morals, and the customs; all these things have a reciprocal influence on one another.
Separation of powers
The Spirit of the Laws, Book XIX, Chapter IV: Of the General Spirit of Mankind
1748
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