Formal Quote by Barney Frank

It is one thing to be subordinate to the laws, and another [for the Executive] to be dependent on the legislative body. The first…

— Alexander Hamilton

Once you have hierarchy you need rules to protect and administer it, and then you need law and the enforcement of the rules, and…

— William P. Young

The organization of ofices follows the principle of hierarchy ... each lower office is under the control and supervision of a higher one

— Max Weber

What I have come to realize over the twenty years when I have worked in different roles as a legislator is that no legislation…

— Margrethe Vestager

Legislators represent people, not trees or acres. Legislators are elected by voters, not farms or cities or economic interests.

— Earl Warren

The bulk of government is not legislation but administration.

— Theodore Roosevelt

“Hierarchy means very little to me. Let’s put together in meetings the people who can help solve a problem, regardless of position.”

— Carol S. Dweck

Congress is, after all, not a body of laymen unfamiliar with the commonplaces of our law. This legislation was the formulation of the two…

— Felix Frankfurter

I had to delegate authority to the people on my staff. That means you shave away the hierarchy.

— Jurgen Klinsmann

All lawful authority, legislative, and executive, originates from the people.

— James Burgh

Leadership isn't just legislation, that it's a matter of persuading people and giving them confidence, and bringing them together and setting a tone.

— Barack Obama

Every one of us in Congress has a responsibility to keep working together and stay focused on what matters.

— Conor Lamb