The checks and balances is a way to prevent government from either devolving into an autocratic tyranny or an autocratic mob mentality. — Beau Willimon Copy Share Image
As a member of Congress, I believe Congress must provide oversight of actions by the Executive Branch as our system of checks… — Charles B. Rangel Copy Share Image
This used to be a government of checks and balances. Now it's all checks and no balances. — Gracie Allen Copy Share Image
One thing we know about government after the New Deal is that checks and balances through whistle-blowing is terrible policy. — Neal Katyal Copy Share Image
Congress's oversight authority is derived from its implied powers in the Constitution, making it an integral part of the American system of… — Dean Phillips Copy Share Image
Our culture is just a series of checks and balances. The whole idea that we're in a battle between tyranny and freedom… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
“A president of dictatorial persuasion who coopts the media in his disregard for the system’s checks and balances is nigh impossible to… — Andrew McCarthy Copy Share Image
The American system of checks and balances is only as strong as the leaders who have the character and courage to enforce… — Neera Tanden Copy Share Image
You can harvest any data that you want, on anybody. You can infer any data that you like, and you can use… — Hannah Fry Copy Share Image
“Of course we can establish constitutional checks and balances, but those won’t mean a thing unless citizens make sure the safeguards are… — David Brin Copy Share Image
Who needs checks and balances when the left, seemingly, knows and can decide right from wrong? When the left can decide what… — Trish Regan Copy Share Image
“Unlike Confucius, Madison maintained that people have a limited capacity to control their passions themselves and act virtuously when their individual interests… — Patrick Mendis Copy Share Image
Why can't Google, which likes to see itself as a 'Don't Be Evil' benevolent force in society, just write us a big… — Maureen Dowd Copy Share Image
When I get on top of somebody, I don't have to do all the other little checks and balances guys in other… — Curtis Blaydes Copy Share Image
“The genius of the American system is not freedom; the genius of the American system is checks and balances. Nobody gets all… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
Liberty is not a matter of words, but a positive and important condition of society. Its greatest safeguard after placing its foundations… — James F. Cooper Copy Share Image
Power is the great evil with which we are contending. We have divided power between three branches of government and erected checks… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
The Government covers their own ass from things they fail to do to protect its own people from corporations that control the… — Immortal Technique Copy Share Image
I think it's something that the citizenry needs to be vigilant about - participating in democracy, and that includes issues like what's… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
Do I think that American democracy ends if Trump is president? No! I think, there are plenty of checks and balances in… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
“Modern tyranny is terror management. When the terrorist attack comes, remember that authoritarians exploit such events in order to consolidate power. The… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
“The odd American idea that giving money to political campaigns is free speech means that the very rich have far more speech,… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
It is science that brings us an understanding of the true complexity of natural systems. The insights from the science of ecology… — Jamie Goode Copy Share Image
“Our democracy has built-in defenses that keep us strong and healthy, including the checks and balances written into our Constitution. Our Founding… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
“To narrow natural rights to such neat slogans as "liberty, equality, fraternity" or "life, liberty, property," . . . was to ignore… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
“The fundamental idea is that through the separation of powers and checks and balances, different voices—those of the President, the Senate, and… — Thomas O. Sargentich Copy Share Image
“Like yin and yang, the Five Elemental Energies maintain their internal harmony through a system of mutual checks and balances known as… — Daniel Reid Copy Share Image
“Anarchy!" Tony confirmed in sort of a laugh. "Sometimes I think, you know, if there were not cops, I would be fine,… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
“Our disenchantment of the night through artificial lighting may appear, if it is noticed at all, as a regrettable but eventually trivial… — Robert Macfarlane Copy Share Image
“But Muslims now find themselves in a world shaped by western theories and western values. If we are to consider how Islamic… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“We assume that a large brain, the use of tools, superior learning abilities and complex social structures are huge advantages. Only in… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“A pine cone cannot fall from a tree unless God is involved. A bumblebee cannot pollenate a flower or sting your arm… — Justin Buzzard Copy Share Image
I think the founding fathers, in their genius, created a system of three co-equal branches of government and a built-in system of… — James Clapper Copy Share Image
We need a return to transparency and a system of checks and balances, to a president who respects Congress' role of oversight… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
