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On the recordFebruary 29, 2016
The concentration of executive, legislative, and judicial power in the same hands is the very definition of tyranny.
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Bob Goodlatte
Republican · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Goodlatte cites Madison to warn against concentrated power in government.

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