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putting them into separate hands.
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It is enough for him, he says, if each class shares in
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some aspect of the governing power.
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But that leads to a further difference.
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We tend to think of the separation of powers doctrine as necessary for
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the security and liberty of the individual, don't we?
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We usually think of individual freedom and security as the purpose
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of the separation of power.
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It is when political functions become concentrated into
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the hands of, again, the too few hands that we risk
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arbitrary government and the endangerment to the liberty
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of the individual.