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Who did James Madison borrow the idea of separation of powers from? a. Baron de Montesquieu b. Voltaire c. John Locke d. Robespierre
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Who did James Madison borrow the idea of separation of powers from?

a. Baron de Montesquieu
b. Voltaire
c. John Locke
d. Robespierre

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It was primarily "a. Baron de Montesquieu" who James Madison borrowed the idea of separation of powers from, since this idea was one of Montesquieu's main ways of ensuring that tyrannical governments did not form. 
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