Separation Quotes

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Here above the farms and ranches of the Great Plains aviation lives up to the promise that inspired dreamers through the ages. Here you are… — Stephen Coonts
It is so difficult to draw a clear line of separation between the abuse and the wholesome use of the press, that as yet we… — 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
Nothing has yet been offered to invalidate the doctrine that the meaning of the Constitution may as well be ascertained by the Legislative as by… — James Madison
I acknowledge, in the ordinary course of government, that the exposition of the laws and Constitution devolves upon the judicial. But I beg to know… — James Madison
Good constitutions are formed upon a comparison of the liberty of the individual with the strength of government: If the tone of either be too… — Alexander Hamilton
[T]o preserve the republican form and principles of our Constitution and cleave to the salutary distribution of powers which that [the Constitution] has established .… — Thomas Jefferson
The principle of the Constitution is that of a separation of legislative, Executive and Judiciary functions, except in cases specified. If this principle be not… — Thomas Jefferson
[I]n the next place, to show that unless these departments be so far connected and blended as to give to each a constitutional control over… — James Madison
My construction of the constitution is very different from that you quote. It is that each department is truly independent of the others, and has… — Thomas Jefferson
[T]he great security against a gradual concentration of the several powers in the same department consists in giving to those who administer each department the… — James Madison
A dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precautions. — James Madison
But as the plan of the convention aims only at a partial union or consolidation, the State governments would clearly retain all the rights of… — Alexander Hamilton
It is one thing to be subordinate to the laws, and another [for the Executive] to be dependent on the legislative body. The first comports… — Alexander Hamilton
The necessity of reciprocal checks in the exercise of political power, by dividing and distributing it into different depositories, and constituting each the guardian of… — George Washington
The same rule that teaches the propriety of a partition between the various branches of power, teaches us likewise that this partition ought to be… — Alexander Hamilton
There are men who could neither be distressed nor won into a sacrifice of their duty; but this stern virtue is the growth of few… — Alexander Hamilton
No country can be called free which is governed by an absolute power; and it matters not whether it be an absolute royal power or… — Thomas Paine
We repose an unwise confidence in any government, or in any men, when we invest them officially with too much, or an unnecessary quantity of,… — Thomas Paine
A constitution defines and limits the powers of the government it creates. It therefore follows, as a natural and also a logical result, that the… — Thomas Paine

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