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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Simply put because most people aren't biased and believe that both sides are equally bad, Republican & Democrat. So, they're left with not voting at all..
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In the early 17th century Galileo was indeed convicted of heresy because he claimed that Earth revolved around the Sun. This conviction was an example of an religiously motivated conviction of someone who had the best intentions in mind in the sense of mankind achieving greater knowledge.
