[1682:] In order to make this diversity of forms clearer, and to assign them their different names, we shall observe in the first place that the sovereign may entrust the care of the government to the whole nation or to the greater part of the nation, so that there are more citizen magistrates than private citizens. This form of government is called Democracy.
[1686:] Il y a plus: chacun de ces gouvernements pouvant à certains égards se subdiviser en diverses parties, lune administrée dune manière et lautre dune autre, il peut résulter de ces trois formes combinées une multitude de formes mixtes, dont chacune est multipliable par toutes les formes simples.