In The Spirit of the Laws, Montesquieu argued that the best political system in a modern society is one where
A) the legislature exercises absolute and unlimited power.
B) the king exercises absolute and unlimited power.
C) power is divided between the three branches of government.
D) the nobility is uninvolved.
E) all government resources are focused on military power.
C
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