America Quote by Ben Sasse

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

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

In the United States there are three parts of our government - the judiciary, the legislative and the executive - and the powers are…

— Philip M. Breedlove

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

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

In our Constitution governmental power is divided among three separate branches of the national government, three separate branches of State governments, and the peoples…

— Anonymous

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

Under our system of three branches of government, the courts ultimately are the checks on the legislative and executive branches when they exceed or…

— Nina Totenberg

Congress has powers, and they are an important check on the other branches of government.

— Nancy Mace

Our Founding Fathers created the Executive Branch to implement and enforce the laws written by Congress, and vested this power in the president.

— Tom Rice

I believe in the separation of powers. If a judge crosses the line between interpreting and making the law, he has crossed the line…

— Orrin Hatch

But there is a higher law than the Constitution, which regulates our authority over the domain, and devotes it to the same noble purposes.

— William H. Seward