Connected Quote by James Madison
![“[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 the others, the degree of separation which the maxim requires, as essential to a free government, can never in practice be duly maintained.” quote by James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a20/james-madison-373_connected_i-n-the-next-place-to-show-that-unless-t_2940160.jpg)
“[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 the others, the degree of separation which the maxim requires, as essential to a free government, can never in practice be duly maintained.”
![“[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 tyrannical concentration of all the powers of government in the same hands.” quote by James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/733/james-madison-373_concentration_a-mere-demarcation-on-parchment-of-the-c_428771.jpg)
![“It is by far the safer course to lay [considerations of the future] altogether aside; and to confine our attention wholly to the nature and extent of the powers as they are delineated in the constitution. Everything beyond this, must be left to the prudence and firmness of the people; who, as they…” quote by Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e78/alexander-hamilton-619_attention_it-is-by-far-the-safer-course-to-lay-con_1083363.jpg)
![“The only greater [evil] than separation... [is] living under a government of discretion.” quote by Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2e6/thomas-jefferson-43_discretion_the-only-greater-evil-than-separation-is_3151926.jpg)
![“[In government] the constant aim is to divide and arrange the several offices in such a manner as that each may be a check on the other-that the private interest of every individual may be a sentinel over the public rights.” quote by James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0a4/james-madison-373_aim_in-government-the-constant-aim-is-to-div_988905.jpg)
![“[F]or the nature of government is to become a thing apart, an institution existing for its own sake, preying upon the people, and teaching whatever will tend to keep it secure in its seat.” quote by Voltairine de Cleyre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e9e/voltairine-de-cleyre-13597_nature_f-or-the-nature-of-government-is-to-beco_2703218.jpg)
![“It is certain that every class is interested in [educational] establishments which give to the human mind its highest improvements, and to every Country its truest and most durable celebrity.” quote by James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/964/james-madison-373_certain_it-is-certain-that-every-class-is-intere_22217.jpg)
