Voltaire john locke baron de montesquieu jean-jacques rousseau which statement best describes a common theme shared by these philosophers of the enlightenment? a) they were all french. b) they were all british. c) they all believed in more limited governments. d) they all believed in a federal system of government.

D) They all believed in a federal system of government.

All of them suggested that the government would work better if shared into smaller versions of itself, for the greater good of the State.

The power to make political decisions must not be held by one specific, but divided, supporting a democratic system;

Sharing the power means that the problems would be driven to local issues, appealing to the 'Big Chief' - the Federal State. You see, small issues leads to small work, which leads to less expenditures...

there is an explationation of this on a site called crash   course world history 1

apart from being against desegregation, governor of georgia eugene talmadge opposed as well to the work progress administration, an ambitious program of the "new deal" created by president franklin d. roosevelt to overcome the great depression after world war i. talmadge disagreed with welfare spending, job training and organized labor. according to his ideas, he thought the government was spending too much money on this, and he wasn't willing to accept a wage higher than georgia's lower average wage. besides, talmadge strongly opposed to the "new deal" as he thought it had communist ideas.