Body Quote by Alexander Hamilton

There are checks and balances and broad separation of powers under the Constitution. Each organ of the State, i.e. the legislature, the executive and…

— P. Sathasivam

The constitution has divided the powers of government into three branches, Legislative, Executive and Judiciary, lodging each with a distinct magistracy. The Legislative it…

— Thomas Jefferson

In America, we divide federal power between the legislative, executive and judicial branches so that no one holds too much power. This is sixth-grade…

— Ben Sasse

“Article 73 of the Constitution clearly stipulates that, subject to the Constitution, the executive power of the union shall extend to matters in respect…

— Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly

When it comes to the separation of powers, the Constitution makes it look pretty simple: Congress makes the laws, the president enforces them and…

— Asha Rangappa

To maintain the ascendancy of the Constitution over the lawmaking majority is the great and essential point on which the success of the [American]…

— John C. Calhoun

“Executive power thus could be exercised adjacent to legislation without actually trespassing on legislative power. The executive, for example, could make regulations and interpretations…

— Philip Hamburger

In every government there are three sorts of power: the legislative; the executive in respect to things dependent on the law of nations; and…

— Baron de Montesquieu

As the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial departments of the United States are co-ordinate, and each equally bound to support the Constitution, it follows that…

— James Madison

Our Constitution wisely assigns both joint and separate roles to each branch of the government; and a President and a Congress who hold each…

— John F. Kennedy

People assume that the executive branch has more power than it actually has. Only the legislative branch can create the laws; the executive branch…

— Michael Dell

I've been in the legislative branch and now the executive branch and in each case I felt it was important we use our constitutional…

— John Engler