The principle of democracy is corrupted not only when the spirit of equality is extinct, but likewise when they fall into a spirit of extreme equality, and when every citizen wants to be equal to those whom he chooses to command him.
Separation of powers
The Spirit of the Laws, Book VIII, Chapter II: Of the Corruption of the Principle of Democracy
1748
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