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
This used to be a government of checks and balances. Now it's all checks and no balances. — Gracie Allen Copy Share Image
Our system of checks and balances requires policymakers to have accurate information about government actions. — Dianne Feinstein 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
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
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
On form of government, there should be checks and balances, and PM should be responsible to Parliament. — Sushil Koirala 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
A system of checks and balances sits at the core of our Constitutional Republic, and few institutions engage in this critical duty… — Byron Donalds Copy Share Image
I think there are periods in this country when behavior is abhorrent: McCarthy, Watergate, Bill Clinton. It's just a question of how… — Jake Tapper Copy Share Image
There exists a shadowy Government with its own Air Force, its own Navy, its own fundraising mechanism, and the ability to pursue… — Daniel Inouye 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
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
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
When you're elected to Congress, you take a vow to uphold the Constitution and its system of checks and balances. That vow… — Chellie Pingree Copy Share Image
I believe in our country. Fiercely. And our institutions are the bones that keep us upright. We can and must restore decency… — Elissa Slotkin Copy Share Image
“We believe that we have checks and balances, but have rarely faced a situation like the present: when the less popular of… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
I believe that the power to declare war is most important in limiting the powers of the national government in regard to… — John Yoo Copy Share Image
Our system of government is one of checks and balances. It requires compromise.. compromise between the Executive and the Parliament, compromise between… — Peter Costello Copy Share Image
“Before Bush, I used to think that the choice of president really didn’t matter, that the system kind of ran on its… — Ron Howard Copy Share Image
With "Good Night, and Good Luck," I think it's kind of obvious what [Truman Capote]'s getting at there, and the importance of… — Philip Seymour Hoffman 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
The creative process ignites our imagination, and I believe that that same imagination is what will propel us forward with issues of… — Terry Tempest Williams 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
“Authorities this broad give the national security bureaucracy the power to scrutinize the personal lives of every law-abiding American. Allowing that to… — Ron Wyden 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
“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
“Such a system of checks and balances -- parenting -- of projections and guesswork and cost-benefit ratios.” — Gin Phillips 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
Our founders recognized that 'men were not angels' and that checks and balances in government were critical to avoid threats to the… — Neal Katyal Copy Share Image
The BJP must nurture the institutions that put credible checks and balances in place. — Abhijit Banerjee 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
In a small lab, if you make a mistake, you can go in the next day and fix it. But here, when… — Barry Barish Copy Share Image
We deploy a full arsenal of tools against voter fraud, including long prison terms, heavy fines and deportation. We have checks and… — Kate Brown Copy Share Image
We are a republic, very inefficient. If you want a really efficient form of government, you have a king or a dictator.… — Rick Santelli Copy Share Image
The framers hated the tyranny of King George, but they were also afraid of the mob. That's why they put so many… — David Ignatius 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
We're somewhat lucky here in the United States, where we hope that the checks and balances hold out for many years to… — Jan Koum Copy Share Image
Politicians, in many cases - their moral code will be dictated by what can get them reelected, what they can get away… — Mark Leibovich Copy Share Image
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