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Executive Branch Quotes

Lyn Nofziger quote: "The executive branch has grown too strong, the judicial branch..."
The executive branch has grown too strong, the judicial branch too arrogant and the legislative branch too stupid. Lyn Nofziger
I've been in the legislative branch and now the executive branch and in each case I felt it was important we use our constitutional responsibilities to the fullest. John Engler
No, if there is an aspect of the executive branch of the government that needs looking at, I'm liable to be called in to look at it. But I'm not the only one. Bill Goldberg
John Engler quote: "We didn't pass any constitutional amendments that affected the..."
We didn't pass any constitutional amendments that affected the executive branch while I was governor. John Engler
We all learn in school that the judicial, legislative and executive branches of government must check and balance each other. But other non state institutions must participate in this important system of checks and balances as well. These checking institutions include the academy, the media, religious institutions and NGOs. Alan Dershowitz
I believe Watergate shows that the system did work. Particularly the Judiciary and the Congress, and ultimately an independent prosecutor working in the Executive Branch. Bob Woodward
Andrew Cohen quote: "The executive branch maneuvered this result deftly."
The executive branch maneuvered this result deftly. Andrew Cohen
Lincoln Chafee quote: "In the executive branch, winning by a whisker is as good as..."
In the executive branch, winning by a whisker is as good as winning in a landslide, but not so in the Senate. Lincoln Chafee
George W. Bush quote: "The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive..."
The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law. George W. Bush
I believe the most important benefit that I can confer on the country by my presidency is to insist upon the entire independence of the executive and legislative branches of the government, and compel the members of the legislative branch to see that they have responsibilities of their own, grave and well-defined, which their official oaths bind them sacredly to perform. Grover Cleveland
The people in general ought to have regard to the moral character of those whom they invest with authority either in the legislative, executive, or judicial branches. John Witherspoon
It is the union of independence and dependence of these branches - legislative, executive and judicial - and of the governmental functions possessed by each of them, that constitutes the marvellous genius of this unrivalled document. J. Reuben Clark
What prudent merchant will hazard his fortunes in any new branch of commerce when he knows not that his plans may be rendered unlawful before they can be executed? James Madison
Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the manner in which the president personally exercises his assigned executive powers is not subject to questioning by another branch of government. Richard M. Nixon

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