Chellie Pingree
Chellie Pingree

The founding leaders of our country believed in a three-part sharing of governmental power, with each branch jealously watching the actions of the other two.

Robert W. Welch, Jr.
Robert W. Welch, Jr.

In the Constitution of the American Republic there was a deliberate and very extensive and emphatic division of governmental power for the very purpose of preventing unbridled majority rule.

Robert W. Welch, Jr.
Robert W. Welch, Jr.

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

Robert W. Welch, Jr.
Robert W. Welch, Jr.

In a democracy there is a centralization of governmental power in a simple majority.

Vinoba Bhave
Vinoba Bhave

Do not allow yourself to imagine that revolutionary thinking can be propagated by governmental power.