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Thursday, May 10, 2018

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"[N]othing in the Constitution has given [the judiciary] a right to decide for the Executive, more than to the executive to decide for them. Both magistracies are equally independent in the sphere of action assigned to them… the opinion which gives to the judges the right to decide what laws are constitutional, and what are not, not only for themselves in their own sphere of action, but for the Legislature & Executive also, in their spheres, would make the judiciary a despotic branch."

-- Thomas Jefferson

(1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President

Source: Letter to Mrs. John Adams, September, 1804
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Thomas.Jefferson.Quote.FFB3
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 11, 2018 at 8:41 AM

    Yeah, but who is stopping them? The swamp is more corrupt than we thought.

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  2. AnonymousMay 11, 2018 at 9:03 AM

    I have also seen a quote attributed to Jefferson stating "When government is big enough to give the people everything they want they're more than powerful enough to take it all away."

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