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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… — James Madison
- Nothing has yet been offered to invalidate the doctrine that the meaning of the Constitution may as well be ascertained by the… — James Madison
- I acknowledge, in the ordinary course of government, that the exposition of the laws and Constitution devolves upon the judicial. But I… — James Madison
- Good constitutions are formed upon a comparison of the liberty of the individual with the strength of government: If the tone of… — 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]… — Thomas Jefferson
- The principle of the Constitution is that of a separation of legislative, Executive and Judiciary functions, except in cases specified. If this… — 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… — James Madison
- My construction of the constitution is very different from that you quote. It is that each department is truly independent of the… — 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… — James Madison
- A dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience has taught mankind the necessity of… — James Madison
- But as the plan of the convention aims only at a partial union or consolidation, the State governments would clearly retain all… — Alexander Hamilton
- It is one thing to be subordinate to the laws, and another [for the Executive] to be dependent on the legislative body.… — Alexander Hamilton