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Who proposed the division of powers between the legislature, executive and judiciary?

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John Locke

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Voltaire

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Montesquieu

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Rousseau

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The correct option is C Montesquieu
Montesquieu described the various forms of distribution of political power in his work 'The Spirit of the Laws'. He discussed how the power needs to be distributed between the legislature, executive and judiciary instead of being concentrated in the hands of a single monarch or an aristocrat.

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