Acting Quote by Andre Carson

“I do not believe that the founding fathers intended for a fourth branch of government to emerge — that of special interest groups.”

— Ben Carson

I think the founding fathers, in their genius, created a system of three co-equal branches of government and a built-in system of checks and…

— James Clapper

The nice men in periwigs who came up with the Fourth Amendment were recklessly naive to imagine that branches of a government, each of…

— Ilana Mercer

The founding leaders of our country believed in a three-part sharing of governmental power, with each branch jealously watching the actions of the other…

— Chellie Pingree

The Founding Fathers would be sorry to see that America had become so divided and factionalized.

— Michael Beschloss

We already have two branches of federal government that factor political considerations into their decision-making, and our Founding Fathers determined long ago that we…

— Thom Tillis

... the moral equal of our Founding Fathers.

— Ronald Reagan

“Our forefathers understood the dangers of consolidated power. This is why they provided for a separation of powers within the U.S. Government between the…

— Barry McGowan

Government! Three fourths parasitic and the other fourth Stupid fumbling.

— Robert A. Heinlein

There are some who invoke separation of church and state - to try to get the government out of the business of morality -…

— Dinesh D'Souza

The Founding Fathers built our judicial system to withstand the special interest pressures that beset the political branches of government.

— Sheldon Whitehouse

Our government is an agency of delegated and strictly limited powers. Its founders did not look to its preservation by force; but the chain…

— Jefferson Davis