Separation Of Powers Quotes
39 Separation Of Powers quotes by 22 unique authors
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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
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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
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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
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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
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[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
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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
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[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
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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
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[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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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I have never made it a consideration whether the subject was popular or unpopular, but whether it was right or wrong; for that which is…
— Thomas Paine
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To what expedient then shall we finally resort, for maintaining in practice the necessary partition of power among the several departments, as laid down in…
— James Madison
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Native Americans are the original inhabitants of the land that now constitutes the United States. They have helped develop the fundamental principles of freedom of…
— Joe Baca
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I rise in support of the separation of powers as established by our Founding Fathers in the Constitution. The Constitution clearly delegates the power to…
— Dana Rohrabacher
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Many, if not most, of the difficulties we experience in dealing with government agencies arise from the agencies being part of a fragmented and open…
— James Q. Wilson
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Some people suggest that the problem is the separation of powers. If you had a parliamentary system, the struggle for power would not result in…
— James Q. Wilson
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But, I know enough people in that court, through the years, to know one thing: There's always somebody who surprises you, who rises above what…
— Arthur Hertzberg
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