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Religion forbids us from assuming a God-like character. This is especially true in politics and government, where limiting the power of the state, division of powers, and the doctrine of checks and balances are established in order to prevent accumulation of power that might lead to such Godly claims.

~Abdolkarim Soroush

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We all learn in school that the judicial, legislative and executive branches of government must check and balance each other. But other non state institutions must participate in this important system of checks and balances as well. These checking institutions include the academy, the media, religious institutions and NGOs.

~Alan Dershowitz

Topics: Academy Balance Balances Branches Check Checking Checks Checks And Balances Each Executive Government Important Include Institutions Judicial Learn Legislative Media Must Other Participate Religious School State System Well Ngos

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Tea Party attendees and health care town-hall protesters share the common belief that the extravagant spending of President Obama and the Democratic Party - absent any checks and balances - will eventually lead more people into government dependency, higher taxes, and, perhaps, our country's financial ruin.

~Andrew Breitbart

Topics: Absent Any Balances Belief Care Checks Checks And Balances Common Country Democratic Democratic Party Dependency Eventually Extravagant Financial Government Health Health Care Higher Higher Taxes Lead More More People Obama Our Party People Perhaps President President Obama Ruin Share Spending Taxes Tea Tea Party Will

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In a small lab, if you make a mistake, you can go in the next day and fix it. But here, when you are committed to spending a hundred thousand or a million dollars, you can't fix it later. You need to have a system of checks and balances internally. In particle physics, that's just part of the structure.

~Barry Barish

Topics: Balances Checks Checks And Balances Committed Day Dollars Fix Go Here Hundred Just Lab Later Make Million Million Dollars Mistake Need Next Part Particle Physics Small Spending Structure System Thousand You

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The checks and balances is a way to prevent government from either devolving into an autocratic tyranny or an autocratic mob mentality.

~Beau Willimon

Topics: Autocratic Balances Checks Checks And Balances Either Government Mentality Mob Prevent Tyranny Way

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As a member of Congress, I believe Congress must provide oversight of actions by the Executive Branch as our system of checks and balances requires.

~Charles B. Rangel

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When you're elected to Congress, you take a vow to uphold the Constitution and its system of checks and balances. That vow doesn't say, 'Unless it's politically uncomfortable.'

~Chellie Pingree

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We must have systems of checks and balances to make sure that those people who are making critical decisions for our country are held accountable, and nowhere is that more important than in the area of national security.

~Chris Van Hollen

Topics: Accountable Area Balances Checks Checks And Balances Country Critical Decisions Held Important Make Making More Must National National Security Nowhere Our People Security Sure Systems Than Those Who

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We are on the precipice of a crisis, a Constitutional crisis. The checks and balances, which have been at the core of this Republic, are about to be evaporated by the nuclear option. The checks and balances that say if you get 51% of the vote, you don't get your way 100% of the time. It is amazing, it's almost a temper tantrum.

~Chuck Schumer

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I am running to fix the economy, restore the constitutional system of checks and balances and to end this game of crony capitalism by the ruling class in Washington.

~Dave Brat

Topics: Am Balances Capitalism Checks Checks And Balances Class Constitutional Economy End Fix Game Restore Ruling Ruling Class Running System Washington I Am

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