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The Founding Fathers were heavily influenced by French philosopher Charles Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu  when drafting the Constitution, most notably in connection with the separation of powers. Born on January 18, 1689, in Bordeaux, France, Montesquieu was trained in the classics as well as the law.
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According to Montesquieu, each branch of government could limit the power of the other two branches. His ideas about separation of powers became the basis for the United States Constitution. Despite Montesquieu's beliefs in the principles of a democracy, he did not feel that all people were equal.
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1. The Spirit of The Laws
2. Persian Letters
3. The Political Theory
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He used this account to explain how governments might be preserved from corruption. He saw despotism, in particular, as a standing danger for any government not already despotic, and argued that it could best be prevented by a system in which different bodies exercised legislative, executive, and judicial power, and in which all those bodies were bound by the rule of law. This theory of the separation of powers had an enormous impact on liberal political theory, and on the framers of the constitution of the United States of America.
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