We're the only branch of government that explains itself in writing every time itmakes a decision. — Byron White Copy Share Image
Congress is the third branch of government... which makes every one of the 535 members of Congress 1/535th of that important one-third,… — Wesley Pruden Copy Share Image
A judiciary independent of a king or executive alone, is a good thing; but independence of the will of the nation is… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
[The purpose of a written constitution is] to bind up the several branches of government by certain laws, which, when they transgress,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
It is a misnomer to call a government republican in which a branch of the supreme power is independent of the nation. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Thank God for the founding fathers, who set up three separate branches of government. And the media acting as the Fourth Estate. — Andre Carson Copy Share Image
One faction of one party, in one house of Congress, in one branch of government, doesn't get to shut down the entire… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The threat to change Senate rules is a raw abuse of power and will destroy the very checks and balances our founding… — Harry Reid Copy Share Image
It matters enormously to a successful democratic society like ours that we have three branches of government, each with some independence and… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
The three branches of government number considerably more than three and are not, in any sense, 'branches' since that would imply that… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
The federal judiciary is unlike the other branches of government. And once confirmed, a federal judge serves for life. And there's no… — Patrick Leahy Copy Share Image
I think the Supreme Court has, as an equal branch of government, the ability to overrule Congress and the president. But I… — Rick Santorum Copy Share Image
I think Donald Trump understands there's a Constitution. And that those separate but equal branches of government give us a limited government.… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
The Congress is a dysfunctional institution; its broken. One of our three branches of government is broken. — Carl Bernstein Copy Share Image
Under our system of three branches of government, the courts ultimately are the checks on the legislative and executive branches when they… — Nina Totenberg Copy Share Image
If we are to avoid that catastrophe [a nuclear World War III], a system of world order — preferably a system of… — Walter Cronkite Copy Share Image
The President's pre-1776 mentality is hurting America and fracturing the foundation on which our country has stood for 230 years. The President… — Russ Feingold Copy Share Image
To be true to its constitutional role, the Supreme Court should refuse to be drawn into making public policy, and it should… — Mark Levin Copy Share Image
For students, understanding the separate and unique functions of each branch of government can help them understand how different kinds of government… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
We all learn in school that the judicial, legislative and executive branches of government must check and balance each other. But other… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
The thing I'd want people to say about me is that, in some way, I helped bring the Senate and the Congress… — Charles Schumer Copy Share Image
If you want to right-size executive power relative to the other branches of government, the best way to do that is to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
As the people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The dignity and stability of government in all its branches, the morals of the people, and every blessing of society depend so… — John Adams Copy Share Image
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