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Branches Quotes by James Madison
- The constitution supposes, what the History of all Governments demonstrates, that the Executive is the branch of power most interested in war, and most prone…
- As the people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of…
- Experience has instructed us that no skill in the science of government has yet been able to discriminate and define, with sufficient certainty, its three…
- THE Constitution proposed by the convention may be considered under two general points of view. The FIRST relates to the sum or quantity of power…
- The management of foreign relations appears to be the most susceptible of abuse of all the trusts committed to a Government, because they can be…
- In republican government the legislative authority necessarily predominates. The remedy for this . . . is to divide the legislature into different branches; and to…
- The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of government…
- What prudent merchant will hazard his fortunes in any new branch of commerce when he knows not that his plans may be rendered unlawful before…
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- Books in a large university library system: 2,000,000. Books in an average large city library: 10,000. Average number of books in a… — Anthony Burgess
- The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law. — George W. Bush
- You must accept that you might fail; then, if you do your best and still don't win, at least you can be… — Rosalynn Carter
- When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to it - a rock, a flower, the branch of… — Marc Chagall