Montesquieu's Two Treaties Of Government

Mexico’s president, Porfirio Diaz, possessed an immature attitude towards life. A majority of the people, which were the peasants, started to become disappointed because Diaz stole most of the power in Mexico and this lead to years of oppression for the lower class Mexican citizens. People of higher status had better rights and began to receive most of the land that belonged to the peasants. These people were treated better than the peasants. In 1910, the people of Mexico challenged the status quo because the plantation owners had most of the power, they believed that power should be separated among all the citizens of Mexico and the Madero’s declaration of rebellion caused them to fight back and start the revolution. To make matters worse,
In 1752, Charles Louis Montesquieu, wrote about the separation of power in the book entitled Two Treaties of Government. He once stated, “To be truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.” (Montesquieu, 1752). Montesquieu meant that in order to become strong, you must unite with the people to create a force that is unstoppable. With the support from the people, they must abide by majority rules. To be a rightful human-being, a person should treat people as their equal, not as a lesser person. This inspired the people of Mexico, before 1910, to challenge the status quo because Diaz never stood with his people but placed himself and other investors above them. According to Montesquieu, “When the legislative and executive power are united in the same person…there can be no liberty…” (Montesquieu, 1752) In other words, there will be no equality and fairness if one person or group obtains all the power. It is clear that true equality is true justice. This was always lacking in Mexico since Diaz took power because he was in control of all braches in the Mexican government. This obviously meant there was not justice or liberty for the