Checks and balances Quote by James Clapper

The founders had a strong distrust for centralized power in a federal government. So they created a government with checks and balances. This was…

— Ezra Taft Benson

Our Founding Fathers, regular men who did great things together, established this system along with other regular men.

— Dana Loesch

The genius of the American Founders was to create an intricate system of balanced powers both within the state and between state and society…

— Nancy Pearcey

Our system of government works best when there are checks and balances led by independent entities that are empowered to conduct fair and rigorous…

— Letitia James

The founding fathers were not only brilliant, they were system builders and systematic thinkers. They came up with comprehensive plans and visions.

— Ron Chernow

The Constitution created a system of checks and balances designed to prevent the president from becoming a king or a dictator. Our founders had…

— Jessica Tarlov

The Founding Fathers built our judicial system to withstand the special interest pressures that beset the political branches of government.

— Sheldon Whitehouse

The basic premise of the Constitution was a separation of powers and a system of checks and balances because man was perceived as a…

— Roy Moore

Maintaining checks and balances on the power of the Judiciary Branch and the other two branches is vital to keep the form of government…

— Todd Tiahrt

I strongly believe that the Founding Fathers of our country got it right: power corrupts, and any time you have too much power concentrated…

— Dean Ornish

The American Founding Fathers gave us courts, independent jurists. They left room for civil society, which meant that citizens could directly associate in order…

— Condoleezza Rice

“In turning now to the principle of dialogue underlying the Constitution's structure, it is important first to note a basic distinction. The Constitution's structural…

— Thomas O. Sargentich