The danger from legislative usurpations, which, by assembling all powe…

James Madison
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The danger from legislative usurpations, which, by assembling all power in the same hands, must lead to the same tyranny as is threatened by executive usurpations. ✨ Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (2016). The Federalist Papers and the Constitution of the United States: The Principles of the American Government, p.267, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
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