A representative assembly, although extremely well qualified, and absolutely necessary, as a branch of the legislative, is unfit to exercise the executive… — John Adams Copy Share Image
I've resisted pronouncing a sentence before guilt is found. I will have this old-fashioned notion that even with people like Osama, who… — Howard Dean Copy Share Image
When a monarchy gradually transforms itself into a republic, the executive power there preserves titles, honors, respect, and even money long after… — Alexis de Tocqueville 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
The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power. — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
[T]he opinion which gives to the judges the right to decide what laws are constitutional and what not, not only for themselves,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I never believed that surrendering the executive power should be a condition of getting the second term. The second term should stand… — Jim Gilmore Copy Share Image
What Obama did wrong with executive power is he tried to change the law. He tried to ignore the law. And under… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
The 16th Amendment corroded the American concept of natural rights; ultimately reduced the American citizen to a status of subject, so much… — Frank Chodorov Copy Share Image
The discovery of nuclear chain reactions need not bring about the destruction of mankind any more than did the discovery of matches.… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
As presidential authority expands, and the role of Congress diminishes, the American people continue to lose control over their government. Today's assertions… — Mickey Edwards Copy Share Image
Democracy is necessarily despotism, as it establishes an executive power contrary to the general will; all being able to decide against one… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Civilization has developed executive powers far beyond its understanding. — Maude Meagher Copy Share Image
More fundamentally, however, the answer to petitioners' objection is that there can be no impairment of executive power, whether on the state… — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
Under Article II, all executive power is vested in one president of the United States. The regulatory state is Congress's efforts to… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
There is also the issue of personal privacy when it comes the executive power. Throughout our nation's history, whether it was habeas… — Dick Durbin Copy Share Image
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government. — Graham Chapman Copy Share Image
It equally proves, that though individual oppression may now and then proceed from the courts of justice, the general liberty of the… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
It was settled by the Constitution, the laws, and the whole practice of the government that the entire executive power is vested… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
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