Branches Quote by Thomas Sowell

People don't seem to understand that the separation of powers is not about the power of these branches; it's there to protect individual liberty…

— Jonathan Turley

In our Constitution governmental power is divided among three separate branches of the national government, three separate branches of State governments, and the peoples…

— Anonymous

When it comes to the separation of powers, the Constitution makes it look pretty simple: Congress makes the laws, the president enforces them and…

— Asha Rangappa

“Our forefathers understood the dangers of consolidated power. This is why they provided for a separation of powers within the U.S. Government between the…

— Barry McGowan

Whoever attentively considers the different departments of power must perceive, that, in a government in which they are separated from each other, the judiciary,…

— 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

I see,... and with the deepest affliction, the rapid strides with which the federal branch of our government is advancing towards the usurpation of…

— Thomas Jefferson

What's brilliant about the United States system of government is separation of power. Not only the executive, legislative, judicial branches, but also the independence…

— Feisal Abdul Rauf

“No government should be given too much power, or the people comprising that government will use the power in the worst ways possible; individual…

— Andrew Breitbart

I believe in the separation of powers. If a judge crosses the line between interpreting and making the law, he has crossed the line…

— Orrin Hatch

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

The Founding Fathers envisioned a federal government that trusts its people with their money and freedom, outlining this limited, non-intrusive federal government in...the Constitution,…

— Milton Friedman