Again，itiscorruptedwhenmeanandabjectsoulsgrowvainofthepompattendingtheirservitude，andimaginethatthemotivewhichinducesthemtobeentirelydevotedtotheirprinceexemptsthemfromalldutytotheircountry。
Butifitbetrue（andindeedtheexperienceofallageshasshownit）
thatinproportionasthepowerofthemonarchbecomesboundlessandimmense，hissecuritydiminishes，isthecorruptingofthispower，andthealteringofitsverynature，alesscrimethanthatofhightreasonagainsttheprince？
8。DangeroftheCorruptionofthePrincipleofmonarchicalGovernment。
Thedangerisnotwhenthestatepassesfromonemoderatetoanothermoderategovernment，asfromarepublictoamonarchy，orfromamonarchytoarepublic；butwhenitisprecipitatedfromamoderatetoadespoticgovernment。