Note 411 — BOOK II[407]
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos translation
The juste-milieu was the political system of government which consisted in conciliating all opinions. Louis-Philippe used it (after Montesquieu and others) in replying to a deputation from the town of Gaillac, on the 29th of January, in these words:
"As for our home policy, we shall strive to keep to a juste milieu."
The phrase was very soon turned into one of general derision.—T.