"Democratic and aristocratic states are not in their own nature free. Political liberty is to be found only in moderat…"

"In all tyrannical governments the supreme magistracy, or the right both of making and of enforcing the laws, is veste…"

"In every government there are three sorts of power: the legislative; the executive in respect to things dependent on …"

"In order to lay a due foundation for that separate and distinct exercise of the different powers of government, which…"

"It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking in a free Country should inspire caution in those entrusted wi…"

"It is obvious that the executive power could not proceed from the Parliament, made of two Houses and holding the legi…"

"One must give one power a ballast, so to speak, to put it in a position to resist another."

"The laws of Rome had wisely divided public power among a large number of magistracies, which supported, checked and t…"

"The doctrine of the separation of powers was adopted by the Convention of 1787, not to promote efficiency but to prec…"

"Two conditions are essential for an absolute independence of powers. First, that the source from which they emanate i…"