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On the recordDecember 2, 2013
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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Jim Jordan
Republican · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Jordan warns against the concentration of power in the executive branch.

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