When it comes to the separation of powers, the Constitution makes it look pretty simple: Congress makes the laws, the president enforces… — Asha Rangappa Copy Share Image
My construction of the constitution is very different from that you quote. It is that each department is truly independent of the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
[T]o preserve the republican form and principles of our Constitution and cleave to the salutary distribution of powers which that [the Constitution]… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Louisville, KY - Barack Obama lost Kentucky in 2012 by 23 points, yet the state remains closely divided about re-electing the man… — George Will Copy Share Image
“Our safety, our liberty, depends upon preserving the Constitution of the United States as our fathers made it inviolate. The people of… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I sometimes think that when he was at Harvard Law School, Mr. Obama cut class the day they got to the separation… — George Will Copy Share Image
Why am I voting for Obama? Obama, of all the candidates, is the only one of the major candidates - even more… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
Some people suggest that the problem is the separation of powers. If you had a parliamentary system, the struggle for power would… — James Q. Wilson Copy Share Image
I say we should praise Donald Trump for existing and for winning, because it has woken people up. For many years, I… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
“Trends working at least marginally towards the implantation of a very narrow range of attitudes, memories and opinions include control of major… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“Allow the President to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion and you allow him… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
What is to be the consequence, in case the Congress shall misconstrue this part [the necessary and proper clause] of the Constitution… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“The army is the only order of men sufficiently united to concur in the same sentiments, and powerful enough to impose them… — Edward gibbon Copy Share Image
But, I know enough people in that court, through the years, to know one thing: There's always somebody who surprises you, who… — Arthur Hertzberg Copy Share Image
It is one thing to be subordinate to the laws, and another [for the Executive] to be dependent on the legislative body.… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one, and thus to create whatever the form… — George Washington Copy Share Image
What's brilliant about the United States system of government is separation of power. Not only the executive, legislative, judicial branches, but also… — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
![“[T]o preserve the republican form and principles of our Constitution and cleave to the salutary distribution of powers which that [the Constitution] has established . . . are the two sheet anchors of our Union. If driven from either, we shall be in danger of foundering.” quote by Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/367/thomas-jefferson-43_anchors_t-o-preserve-the-republican-form-and-pri_573736.jpg)
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