Question

"When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty; because apprehensions may arise, lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner."

– Charles de Montesquieu, "Spirit of the Laws," 1748

Which principle of government is described in the excerpt?

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direct democracy

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climate-based politics

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checks and balances

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separation of church and state

Answer 1

checks and balances