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On the recordMarch 9, 2023
In the words of James Madison, the accumulation of all powers. Legislative, Executive, and Judiciary, in the same hands may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

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McClintock emphasizes the dangers of concentrated power in government.

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