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Presidential powers are not fixed but fluctuate, depending upon their disjunction or conjunction with those of Congress.
Robert H. Jacksonverified·Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer, 343 U.S. 579 (concurring)·June 2, 1952
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Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the forms of kings to govern him?
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Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices.
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Only it seems to me a grievous error in a ruler to quarrel with all his subjects at once.