Branches Of Government Quotes

21 Branches Of Government quotes by 18 unique authors

The Constitution is government's stop sign. It says, you - the three branches of government - can go so far and no farther. — Michele Bachmann
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… — James Madison
We've never had our injustices rectified from the top, from the president or Congress, or the Supreme Court, no matter what we learned in junior… — Howard Zinn
It matters enormously to a successful democratic society like ours that we have three branches of government, each with some independence and some control over… — Sandra Day O'Connor
The Three Branches of Government: Money, Television, and Bullshit — P.J. O'Rourke
Watergate provides a model case study of the interaction and powers of each of the branches of government. It also is a morality play with… — Bob Woodward
Power is the great evil with which we are contending. We have divided power between three branches of government and erected checks and balances to… — Patrick Henry
[The purpose of a written constitution is] to bind up the several branches of government by certain laws, which, when they transgress, their acts shall… — Thomas Jefferson
The three branches of government number considerably more than three and are not, in any sense, 'branches' since that would imply that there is something… — P.J. O'Rourke
All government is a trust. Every branch of government is a trust, and immemorially acknowledged to be so. — Jeremy Bentham
The Supreme Court and courts in general have been usurping the role of the legislative branch of government. — Todd Akin
I'm looking for a Justice who appreciates the awesome responsibility that she will be given, if confirmed. A Justice who understands the gravity of the… — Amy Klobuchar
The threat to change Senate rules is a raw abuse of power and will destroy the very checks and balances our founding fathers put in… — Harry Reid
If we are to avoid that catastrophe [a nuclear World War III], a system of world order — preferably a system of world government —… — Walter Cronkite
I think the Supreme Court has, as an equal branch of government, the ability to overrule Congress and the president. But I also feel it's… — Rick Santorum
We all learn in school that the judicial, legislative and executive branches of government must check and balance each other. But other non state institutions… — Alan Dershowitz
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… — James Madison
When the three branches of government have failed to represent the citizenry and the mass of the media has failed to represent the citizenry, then… — David Mamet
Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the manner in which the president personally exercises his assigned executive powers is not subject to questioning by… — Richard M. Nixon
For students, understanding the separate and unique functions of each branch of government can help them understand how different kinds of government officials can help… — Sandra Day O'Connor
What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter. — Terry Pratchett

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