The necessity of reciprocal checks in the exercise of political power, by dividing and distributing it into different depositories, and constituting each the guardian of the public weal against invasions by the others, has been evinced by experiments ancient and modern, some of them in our country and under our own eyes.


The life of General Washington: first president of the United States (ed. 1852)

George Washington Quotes

The necessity of reciprocal checks in the exercise of political power, by dividing and distributing it into different depositories, and constituting...

The necessity of reciprocal checks in the exercise of political power, by dividing and distributing it into different depositories, and constituting...

The necessity of reciprocal checks in the exercise of political power, by dividing and distributing it into different depositories, and constituting...

The necessity of reciprocal checks in the exercise of political power, by dividing and distributing it into different depositories, and constituting...