Legislative Authority Quotes
- The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under the will or legislative authority… — Samuel Adams
- The idea of restraining the legislative authority, in the means of providing for the national defense, is one of those refinements which owe their origin… — Alexander Hamilton
- It degrades from the equal rank of Citizens all those whose opinions in Religion do not bend to those of the Legislative authority. Distant as… — James Madison
- The complete independence of the courts of justice is peculiarly essential in a limited Constitution. By a limited Constitution, I understand one which contains certain… — Alexander Hamilton
- It is of the nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority. — Alexander Hamilton
- I do not conceive that power is given to the President and Senate to dismember the empire, or to alienate any great, essential right. I… — James Madison
- In republican government the legislative authority necessarily predominates. The remedy for this . . . is to divide the legislature into different branches; and to… — James Madison
- The great interests of an agricultural, commercial, and manufacturing nation are so linked in union together that no permanent cause of prosperity to one of… — John Quincy Adams
- I can only say that there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do, to see a plan adopted for the… — George Washington