[A] mere demarcation on parchment of the constitutional limits of the several departments is not a sufficient guard against those encroachments which… — James Madison Copy Share Image
It is not by the consolidation or concentration of powers but by their distribution that good government is effected. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
[T]he great security against a gradual concentration of the several powers in the same department consists in giving to those who administer… — James Madison Copy Share Image
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