Attention 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

“Of course we can establish constitutional checks and balances, but those won’t mean a thing unless citizens make sure the safeguards are taken seriously.…

— David Brin

The State governments possess inherent advantages, which will ever give them an influence and ascendancy over the National Government, and will for ever preclude…

— Alexander Hamilton

It is important to strengthen the State governments; and as this cannot be done by any change in the Federal Constitution (for the preservation…

— Thomas Jefferson

There will be found to exist at all times an imperious necessity for restraining all the functionaries of the Government within the range of…

— John Tyler

“The arm of the Federal government is long, but it is far too short to protect the rights of individuals in the interior of…

— Frederick Douglass

It may safely be received as an axiom in our political system, that the state governments will in all possible contingencies afford complete security…

— Alexander Hamilton

In the compound republic of America, the power surrendered by the people is first divided between two distinct governments, and then the portion allotted…

— James Madison

There are hard choices to be made in balancing the country's security and an individual's liberties. But it is a choice that has to…

— Charles Kennedy

In the compound republic of America, the power surrendered by the people is first divided between two distinct governments, and then the portion allotted…

— James Madison

A government capable of controlling the whole, and bringing its force to a point, is one of the prerequisites for national liberty. We combine…

— Oliver Ellsworth

We have said that the State must not absorb the individual or the family; both should be allowed free and untrammelled action so far…

— Pope Leo XIII