What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? — James Madison Copy Share Image
The separation of powers is about legislative powers. It isn't about discussion or words. — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The same rule that teaches the propriety of a partition between the various branches of power, teaches us likewise that this partition… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
And one of the frustrating parts, but it's an inherent part of our democracy, is we have separation of powers. — George Pataki Copy Share Image
Any Supreme Court confirmation needs to be a thoughtful process, with full respect for the separation of powers outlined in the Constitution. — Cathy McMorris Rodgers Copy Share Image
To take a single step beyond the boundaries specially drawn around the powers of Congress is to take possession of a boundless… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
We repose an unwise confidence in any government, or in any men, when we invest them officially with too much, or an… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
What should be targeted is a concept of organic, and not just mechanic, democracy that preserves the rule of law, separation of… — Recep Tayyip Erdogan Copy Share Image
People don't seem to understand that the separation of powers is not about the power of these branches; it's there to protect… — Jonathan Turley Copy Share Image
I rise in support of the separation of powers as established by our Founding Fathers in the Constitution. The Constitution clearly delegates… — Dana Rohrabacher Copy Share Image
A constitution defines and limits the powers of the government it creates. It therefore follows, as a natural and also a logical… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Native Americans are the original inhabitants of the land that now constitutes the United States. They have helped develop the fundamental principles… — Joe Baca Copy Share Image
“The political liberty, of the subject, (separation of powers), is a tranquility of mind arising from the opinion each person has of… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
One might plausibly contend that Congress violates the spirit, if not the letter, of the constitutional doctrine of separation of powers when… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
America's greatness is due in no small measure to our system of government, in which power and authority are deliberately divided. The… — Richard Allen Epstein Copy Share Image
It was the separation of powers upon which the framers placed their hopes for the preservation of the people's liberties. Despite this… — Robert Byrd Copy Share Image
There are checks and balances and broad separation of powers under the Constitution. Each organ of the State, i.e. the legislature, the… — P. Sathasivam Copy Share Image
“The fundamental idea is that through the separation of powers and checks and balances, different voices—those of the President, the Senate, and… — Thomas O. Sargentich Copy Share Image
I believe in the Constitution. I believe in separation of powers. I believe in the rule of law. I believe in limited… — Bob Barr Copy Share Image
The American founders, when framing their governments, looked to the Bible for insights into human nature, civic virtue, social order, political authority… — Daniel L Dreisbach Copy Share Image
Good constitutions are formed upon a comparison of the liberty of the individual with the strength of government: If the tone of… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
I believe in the separation of powers. If a judge crosses the line between interpreting and making the law, he has crossed… — Orrin Hatch Copy Share Image
The founders understood that democracy would inevitably evolve into a system of legalized plunder unless the plundered were given numerous escape routes… — Thomas DiLorenzo Copy Share Image
“If this new breed of activist urged Obama to hammer away at the Constitution, old-school civil libertarians lamented its demolition. The longtime… — Jack Cashill Copy Share Image
It is the lawyers who run our civilization for us -- our governments, our business, our private lives. Most legislators are lawyers;… — Fred Rodell Copy Share Image
“In a recurring theme among progressives, Croly condemned the Constitution’s separation of powers, a doctrine essential to averting centralized tyranny, as the… — Mark R. Levin 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
The Obama administration demonstrated time and again a disturbing willingness to bypass the separation of powers and disregard Congress as a Constitutional… — Luther Strange Copy Share Image
...[O]ur Founding Fathers enshrined a constitutional separation of powers for the ages undeluded by the fantasy that angels would win elections. — Bruce Fein Copy Share Image
All the judges are lawyers; they interpret and enforce our laws. There is no separation of powers where the lawyers are concerned.… — Fred Rodell Copy Share Image
One of the principles upon which the E.U. is built is the separation of powers and the independence of the judiciary. — Frans Timmermans 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
The Supreme Court is the last line of defense for the separation of powers and for the rights and liberties guaranteed by… — Brett Kavanaugh Copy Share Image
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