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In all tyrannical governments the supreme magistracy, or the right both of making and of enforcing the laws, is vested in one and the…

— William Blackstone

When the people are afraid of the government, that's tyranny. But when the government is afraid of the people, that's liberty.

— Thomas Jefferson

“The executive power in our government is not the only, perhaps not even the principal, object of my solicitude. The tyranny of the legislature…

— Thomas Jefferson

A single legislature, on account of the superabundance of its power, and the uncontrolled rabidity of its execution, becomes as dangerous to the principles…

— Thomas Paine

It is clear that in a monarchy, where he who commands the exceution of the laws generally thinks himself above them, there is lessneed…

— Baron de Montesquieu

When the [law making] and [law enforcement] powers are united in the same person... there can be no liberty.

— Baron de Montesquieu

The danger from legislative usurpations, which, by assembling all power in the same hands, must lead to the same tyranny as is threatened by…

— James Madison

When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the government fears the people there is liberty.

— Thomas Jefferson

There is as yet no liberty if the power of judging be not separated from legislative power and the executrix

— Baron de Montesquieu

If [the legislature] will positively enact a thing to be done, the judges are not at liberty to reject it, for that were to…

— William Blackstone

When the people fear a government, they're a tyranny. When a government fears the people, there is liberty.

— John Basil Barnhill

There is no liberty, if the power of judging be not separated from the legislative and executive powers.

— Henry Middleton