and like everybody, there was enormous respect for montesquieu. he called him one of the greatest thinkers. he read detocqueville more, but essentially, he didn't like the french revolution, so he avoided the french. [laughter] the problem with the french illustrates your point. they made the mistake of revolting against both the throne and the altar. they destroyed the catholic church and they destroyed the monarchy. in the united states, the revolution was with backed by the church. many of the leading churches. certainly, the press presbyteri. and instead of destroying the institutions, our revolution claimed the institutions the english had left us for our own. but, yes, he cites montesquieu, but it's not evident to me he read him in the depth he read other people. burke was the person he mentioned most and was particularly the british historians. he kept a log of everybody he wrote. i looked for russo. i found him mentioned once in the 70 volumes that link produced of his presidential writings. there's one reference to him and that's it. yes,