[The judiciary is] the least dangerous branch of our…

[States and the Federal government are] coordinate departments of one simple and integral whole... The one is the domestic, the other the foreign branch…

— Thomas Jefferson

We're the only branch of government that explains itself in writing every time itmakes a decision.

— Byron White

I think the Supreme Court has, as an equal branch of government, the ability to overrule Congress and the president. But I also feel…

— Rick Santorum

Congress is the third branch of government... which makes every one of the 535 members of Congress 1/535th of that important one-third, which works…

— Wesley Pruden

One faction of one party, in one house of Congress, in one branch of government, doesn't get to shut down the entire government just…

— Barack Obama

The federal judiciary is unlike the other branches of government. And once confirmed, a federal judge serves for life. And there's no court above…

— Patrick Leahy

The constitution has divided the powers of government into three branches, Legislative, Executive and Judiciary, lodging each with a distinct magistracy. The Legislative it…

— Thomas Jefferson

How to check these unconstitutional invasions of rights by the Federal judiciary? Not by impeachment in the first instance, but by a strong protestation…

— Thomas Jefferson

Congress is a co-equal branch of government, with a long and rich history of standing up to the executive branch.

— Charlie Sykes

Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the manner in which the president personally exercises his assigned executive powers is not subject to questioning…

— Richard M. Nixon

I'm seeing too much power being concentrated in the executive branch, and so our system of government is really in jeopardy, and more importantly,…

— Ana Kasparian

Traditionally, in America, we have accountability as kind of a key feature of each branch of government in some way. So, you know, you…

— Neal Katyal

“What a place! What a situation! What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart…

— Terry Pratchett

“According to the Constitution as ratified, the legislature was to be the most powerful and important branch of government. Jefferson echoed this theme in…

— Brion T. McClanahan

Thank God for some Republican control of one branch of the government.

— Lindsey Graham