Several Departments Quotes
- 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
- 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
- [A] mere demarcation on parchment of the constitutional limits of the several departments is not a sufficient guard against those encroachments which lead to a… — James Madison
- A constitution, in the American sense of the word, is a written instrument by which the fundamental powers of the government are established, limited, and… — Samuel Freeman Miller