WORLD HISTORY

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ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION

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“When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates [government officials], there can be no liberty; because apprehensions [fears] may arise, lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws to execute them in a tyrannical manner. . .”Baron de Montesquieu, Spirit of the LawsWhich solution would Baron de Montesquieu offer to avoid the enactment of tyrannical laws?
A
granting freedom of speech
B
reinstating absolute monarchies
C
separating the branches of government
D
limiting natural laws
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In the view of Montesquieu: “When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or int he same body or Magistrate, there can be no liberty.

Detailed explanation-2: -“There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice.”

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