He notes that the oft-stated idea that Americans' attitudes relied mainly on certain "Whiggish- notions of the "rights of Englishmen- is only partially correct, for one must acknowledge Montesquieu's influence. ...

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Thus, the classical concept of civic virtue, which is a moral code applicable to rulers and subjects alike, is critically transformed in Machiavelli's concept of virtu, which pertains to rulers of states and can be at odds with moral virtue" . ...

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