If One Group Took Power and Established an Official State

question 27

Multiple Choice

If one group took power and established an official state religion,James Madison would describe the situation as:

• A) part of the "brutish state of nature"
• B) a stage in the evolution of government
• C) unfortunate, but acceptable, if the majority of people desired this
• D) the inevitable result of human nature, which government is powerless to control
• E) an example of the tyranny of a faction imposing its will on the rest of the nation

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