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A local spirit will infallibly prevail much more in the members of Congress than a national spirit will prevail in the legislatures of the particular… — James Madison
For the same reason that the members of the State legislatures will be unlikely to attach themselves sufficiently to national objects, the members of the… — James Madison
But they have two other Rights; those of sitting when they please, and as long as they please, in which methinks they have the advantage… — Benjamin Franklin
[I]t is more convenient to prevent the passage of a law, than to declare it void after it has passed. — James Madison
The people can never willfully betray their own interests: But they may possibly be betrayed by the representatives of the people; and the danger will… — James Madison
I have appealed to our own experience for the truth of what I advance on this subject [that the legislative power is the predominant power].… — James Madison
The regulation of these various and interfering interests forms the principal task of modern legislation and involves the spirit of party and faction in the… — James Madison
The representatives of the people, in a popular assembly, seem sometimes to fancy that they are the people themselves, and betray strong symptoms of impatience… — Alexander Hamilton
If it be said that the legislative body are themselves the constitutional judges of their own powers, and that the construction they put upon them… — Alexander Hamilton
Parliaments are in all cases to declare what is good for the whole; but it is not the declaration of parliament that makes it so. — James Otis
The construction applied . . . to those parts of the Constitution of the United States which delegate Congress a power . . . ought… — Thomas Jefferson
What is to be the consequence, in case the Congress shall misconstrue this part [the necessary and proper clause] of the Constitution and exercise powers… — James Madison
But above all, what this Congress can be remembered for is opening the way to a new American revolutiona peaceful revolution in which power was… — Richard M. Nixon
The President can exercise no power which cannot be fairly and reasonably traced to some specific grant of power in the Federal Constitution or in… — William Howard Taft
Sure the people are stupid: the human race is stupid. Sure Congress is an inefficient instrument of government. But the people are not stupid enough… — Bernard DeVoto
I believe that if the people of this nation fully understood what Congress has done to them over the last 49 years, they would move… — Unknown Author
Nothing but widespread suffering will produce any effect on Congress... Our only safety is in pursuing a steady course of firm restriction - and I… — Nicholas Biddle
If we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday at a time of presidential inaugurals, this is thanks to Ronald Reagan who created the holiday, and… — David Horowitz
With control of the universe at stake, a crash program is imperative.We produced the A-bomb, under the huge Manhattan Project, in an amazingly short time.… — Donald Keyhoe
With 450,000 U. S. troops now in Vietnam, it is time that Congress decided whether or not to declare a state of war exists with… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
In a certain sense, and to a certain extent, he [the president] is the representative of the people. He is elected by them, as well… — Abraham Lincoln
Our decision about energy will test the character of the American people and the ability of the President and the Congress to govern this Nation.… — Jimmy Carter
I think this president has so badly abused his power, breached his trust in remarkable ways with our Congress, with the American people, has violated… — Rocky Anderson
U.S. Constitution declares rather unambiguously that Congress has the responsibility to â€œdeclare war. — Marvin Kalb
When President Obama in 2011 used military power against the Qaddafi regime in Libya, he did not even notify Congress. A few in Congress mumbled,… — Marvin Kalb

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