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• Is there a Legislative power in fact, not expressly prohibited by the Constitution, which might not, according to the doctrine of the… — James Madison
• I have appealed to our own experience for the truth of what I advance on this subject [that the legislative power is… — James Madison
• No country can be called free which is governed by an absolute power; and it matters not whether it be an absolute… — Thomas Paine
• There is as yet no liberty if the power of judging be not separated from legislative power and the executrix — Baron de Montesquieu
• EXECUTIVE, n. An officer of the Government, whose duty it is to enforce the wishes of the legislative power until such time… — Ambrose Bierce
• The fundamental difference between Islamic government, on the one hand, and constitutional monarchy and republics, on the other, is this: whereas the… — Ruhollah Khomeini
• The principles of a free constitution are irrecoverably lost, when the legislative power is nominated by the executive. — Edward Gibbon
• Upon you, fellow-citizens, as the representatives of the States and the people, is wisely devolved the legislative power. — Millard Fillmore
• Nothing in the 14th Amendment or in any other constitutional provision suggests that the president may usurp legislative power to prevent a… — Laurence Tribe
• Freedom of men under government is to have a standing rule to live by, common to every one of that society, and… — John Locke

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