 The accumulation of all powers, Legislative, Executive, and Judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.  The Federalist: On the New Constitution - Page 216by James Madison, John Jay - 1826 - 582 lehteFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Francis Bayard - 1896 - 52 lehte
...accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary in the same hands, whether of one or a few or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed,...justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny. * * The preservation of liberty requires that the three great departments of power should be separate... | |
 | Thomas Francis Bayard - 1896 - 52 lehte
...judicial powers in the same hands. "No political truth," said he, "is of greater political value or is stamped with the authority of more enlightened patrons of liberty than that on which this objection is founded. The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary in... | |
 | Homer Horatio Seerley, Leonard Woods Parish - 1897 - 414 lehte
...persons; while free governments tend to division and separation of powers. In the words of Mr. Madison: "The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive,...justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny." 1 1 The Federalist, No. 47. CHAPTER XXVI. THE COMPOSITION OF CONGRESS AND THE ELECTION OF ITS MEMBERS.... | |
 | Homer Horatio Seerley, Leonard Woods Parish - 1897 - 420 lehte
...persons; while free governments tend to division and separation of powers. In the words of Mr. Madison: " The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive,...whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny." 1 1 The Federalist,... | |
 | Sanford Niles - 1897 - 320 lehte
...persons; while free governments tend to division and separation of powers. In the words of Mr. Madison: "The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive,...whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny."1 i The Federalist,... | |
 | James Schouler - 1897 - 350 lehte
...executive, and judiciary, in the same hands," says the "Federalist," in that momentous canvass of 1788, " whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may be justly pronounced the very definition of a tyranny."1 But the accumulation of Federal power under... | |
 | Burke Aaron Hinsdale, M. L. Hinsdale - 1899 - 382 lehte
...persons; while free governments tend to division and separation of powers. In the words of Mr. Madison: " The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive,...elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny."1 1 The Federalist, No. 47. CHAPTER XXX THE COMPOSITION OF CONGRESS AND THE ELECTION OF ITS... | |
 | SIR GEORGE CORNEWALL LEWIS, BART. - 1901 - 448 lehte
...making laws, and of carrying them *«No political truth is certainly of greater intrinsic value, or is stamped with the authority of more enlightened patrons...justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny. The oracle who is always consulted and cited on this subject is the celebrated Montesquieu.» — «... | |
 | 1901 - 282 lehte
...added his own statement that "the accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judicial, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many,...justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny." * It is undoubtedly true that the doctrine of the separation of the various powers was a growth in... | |
 | John Rose Ficklen - 1901 - 396 lehte
...persons; while free governments tend to division and separation of powers. In the words of Mr. Madison: "The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive,...whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, selt-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny." 1 1 The Federalist,... | |
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