We need to be able to turn to our immediate circle to ascertain whether our internal checks and balances are functional and… — Robert Rinder Copy Share Image
Ours is a government of checks and balances. The Mafia and crooked businessmen make out checks, and the politicians and other compromised… — Steve Allen 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
Whenever you go on TV, there are so many checks and balances; it's a big business with a lot of rules. Stand-up… — Tom Green 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
I am running to fix the economy, restore the constitutional system of checks and balances and to end this game of crony… — Dave Brat Copy Share Image
In summary, the Romans were opposed to tyranny in any form; and the feature of government to which they gave the most… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We must have systems of checks and balances to make sure that those people who are making critical decisions for our country… — Chris Van Hollen 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
Much of the world today, including the United States, is still living in the social, cultural, and political aftermath of Britain's cultural… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“Be calm when the unthinkable arrives. Modern tyranny is terror management. When the terrorist attack comes, remember that authoritarians exploit such events… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
In our system of democracy, our government works on a system of checks and balances. Instead of stripping power from the courts,… — Dennis Cardoza Copy Share Image
Our carefully constructed system of checks and balances is being negated by the rise of a fourth branch, an administrative state of… — Jonathan Turley Copy Share Image
What we can do where we live is advocate again to bring back to life the 10th Amendment, to bring back to… — Ken Cuccinelli Copy Share Image
Society has to be structured such that there are checks and balances, so that it can't be manipulated, for instance, for the… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
I had this radical idea that the police should obey the law. My view was that any human system without adequate checks… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
“First, fidelity. The dictionary defines fidelity as a strict and continuing faithfulness to an obligation, trust, or duty. To my mind, that… — Historica Press Copy Share Image
Remember, government is not an enlightened organization designed to promote public welfare. It is barbaric, uncivilized force…military and police power put to… — Bill Bonner Copy Share Image
“The broad principle, which appears throughout this book, bears repeating. Healthy parenting can be boiled down to those two essential ingredients: love… — James C. Dobson Copy Share Image
I think that our politics everywhere are gonna be going through this bumpy phase. But as long as we stay true to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“In turning now to the principle of dialogue underlying the Constitution's structure, it is important first to note a basic distinction. The… — Thomas O. Sargentich Copy Share Image
Most of what we know we don't really know first hand. I've never seen a cancer cell. But I trust this community… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
We are a democracy: there are enough checks and balances in our country, and we have an impeccable record of not contributing… — Manmohan Singh Copy Share Image
[Magna Carta provided] "a system of checks and balances which would accord the monarchy its necessary strength, but would prevent its perversion… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Suddenly, we humans - a recently arrived species, no longer subject to the checks and balances inherent in nature - have grown… — Paul MacCready Copy Share Image
The basic premise of the Constitution was a separation of powers and a system of checks and balances because man was perceived… — Roy Moore Copy Share Image
I still hope that the American system of checks and balances will ultimately prevent this man, Donald Trump, with his erratic political… — Martin Schulz Copy Share Image
It's true that robust governance structures, checks and balances, transparency of markets, directionally leads to... less vulnerability to corruption. — Khalid A. Al-Falih Copy Share Image
Technology makes good DJ's better, but also allows your average person to think they're a DJ, and unfortunately there's no checks and… — Neil Armstrong Copy Share Image
There are checks and balances in science. There's somebody checking the people doing the science, and then there's somebody who checks the… — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
Maintaining checks and balances on the power of the Judiciary Branch and the other two branches is vital to keep the form… — Todd Tiahrt Copy Share Image
The 20th century shows that the form of government that we take for granted, a constitutional democratic republic with checks and balances… — Timothy D. Snyder Copy Share Image
There's value in checks and balances. And there's value in having independence in the governor's office with respect to the legislature. — Charlie Baker Copy Share Image
Nature has introduced great variety into the landscape, but man has displayed a passion for simplifying it. Thus he undoes the built-in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The prize for ultimate inefficiency goes to America. We have built in so many checks and balances that our 'leaders' are the… — Nathan Myhrvold Copy Share Image
Ours is a system of checks and balances, and in times of great consequence, duty falls on Congress and the states to… — Dean Phillips Copy Share Image
The founders had a strong distrust for centralized power in a federal government. So they created a government with checks and balances.… — Ezra Taft Benson 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
“The personal checks and balances that most of us bring to bear when we are employed in other activities - we ask… — Raghuram G. Rajan Copy Share Image
There are no checks and balances if the gov is wrong. If a private entrepreneur makes a mistake, he goes bankrupt, the… — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image