Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. McClintock). Mr. McCLINTOCK. Madam Speaker, the central architecture of the Constitution is the separation of powers. It is really just mother's rules, writ large. One slice of pie; two hungry brothers. How does mother slice the pie so both brothers are happy? Pretty simple. One slices; the other chooses. The powers given to one brother cannot be abused because of the powers given to the other. That is the brilliance of our Constitution. One brother makes law but cannot enforce it; the other brother enforces law but cannot make it. Article I is the first and longest article in the Constitution. It begins with the words: ``All legislative powers herein granted are vested in a Congress of the United States.'' When a law was to be made, the Founders wanted a great big rowdy food fight. They wanted every voice expressed through their Representatives. They wanted the decision held up to every light. They created two Houses with decidedly different perspectives so that the Congress would even argue with itself. They wanted it hard to make laws so the Nation wouldn't be smothered by them, and they wanted those who make those laws directly answerable to the people. But once made, they didn't want laws to be carried out by hundreds of squabbling prima donnas.…”