Thesedifficultieshavenotescapedourwriters，who，allthesame，arenottroubledbythem。Theremedy，theysay，istoobeywithoutamurmur：
GodsendsbadkingsinHiswrath，andtheymustbeborneasthescourgesofHeaven。Suchtalkisdoubtlessedifying;butitwouldbemoreinplaceinapulpitthaninapoliticalbook。Whatarewetothinkofadoctorwhopromisesmiracles，andwhosewholeartistoexhortthesufferertopatience？Weknowforourselvesthatwemustputupwithabadgovernmentwhenitisthere;thequestionishowtofindagoodone。7。MIXEDGOVERNMENTSSTRICTLYspeaking，thereisnosuchthingasasimplegovernment。Anisolatedrulermusthavesubordinatemagistrates;apopulargovernmentmusthaveahead。Thereistherefore，inthedistributionoftheexecutivepower，alwaysagradationfromthegreatertothelessernumber，withthedifferencethatsometimesthegreaternumberisdependentonthesmaller，andsometimesthesmalleronthegreater。
Sometimesthedistributionisequal，wheneithertheconstituentpartsareinmutualdependence，asinthegovernmentofEngland，ortheauthorityofeachsectionisindependent，butimperfect，asinPoland。Thislastformisbad;foritsecuresnounityinthegovernment，andtheStateisleftwithoutabondofunion。
Isasimpleoramixedgovernmentthebetter？Politicalwritersarealwaysdebatingthequestion，whichmustbeansweredaswehavealreadyansweredaquestionaboutallformsofgovernment。
Simplegovernmentisbetterinitself，justbecauseitissimple。Butwhentheexecutivepowerisnotsufficientlydependentuponthelegislativepower，i。e。，whentheprinceismorecloselyrelatedtotheSovereignthanthepeopletotheprince，thislackofproportionmustbecuredbythedivisionofthegovernment;forallthepartshavethennolessauthorityoverthesubjects，whiletheirdivisionmakesthemalltogetherlessstrongagainsttheSovereign。