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When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates (officials), there can be no liberty; because apprehensions (fears) may arise, lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical (unjust) laws, to execute (carry them out) them in a tyrannical manner.
— The Spirit of the Laws, by Charles de Montesquieu

In the passage, to which democratic principle of government is Montesquieu referring?
A.
strict control of local politics
B.
multiple branches of government
C.
a government run by its people
D.
a multiple political party system

Answer 1

I think that it is A. strict control of local politics

Step-by-step explanation:

Because the passage makes it sound like one person is controlling everything.

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Answer 2

B. Multiple Branches of government

Step-by-step explanation:

It is correct because I took the test