Quick Check
summarizing The Spirit of Laws
III
Which statement best summarizes the passage?
Such is the difference between a well-regulated
democracy and one that is not so, that in the former men
are equal only as citizens, but in the latter they are equal
also as magistrates, as senators, as judges... or as
masters.
- The Spirit of Laws,
Baron de Montesquieu, 1748
In a well-regulated democracy, all people are equal
as citizens.
O In a well-regulated democracy, men give authority
to leaders but are equal to them.
Either everyone should command or no one should
be commanded.
O Leaders deserve their authority and do not need to
be concerned with equality.
Done