Branches Quote by Mike Huckabee

If we do not adhere firmly to the constitution, our governments will not last long and will change frequently.

— Suharto

It is one thing to be subordinate to the laws, and another [for the Executive] to be dependent on the legislative body. The first…

— Alexander Hamilton

There are checks and balances and broad separation of powers under the Constitution. Each organ of the State, i.e. the legislature, the executive and…

— P. Sathasivam

The Constitution is government's stop sign. It says, you - the three branches of government - can go so far and no farther.

— Michele Bachmann

When you're elected to Congress, you take a vow to uphold the Constitution and its system of checks and balances. That vow doesn't say,…

— Chellie Pingree

Our Constitution wisely assigns both joint and separate roles to each branch of the government; and a President and a Congress who hold each…

— John F. Kennedy

As to the Constitution and the Union, I have taken an oath to support the one, and I cannot do so without preserving the…

— Zachary Taylor

We can't pick and choose when to adhere to the Constitution and when to cast it aside.

— Dan Coats

The least we can do is to respect the Constitution because that's the foundation on which our republic is built. If you give the…

— Kishore Chandra Deo

I don't believe we should bend the Constitution under any circumstance. It says what it says. We should do honor to it.

— Sonia Sotomayor

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

In the United States there are three parts of our government - the judiciary, the legislative and the executive - and the powers are…

— Philip M. Breedlove