...principles or as antagonistic to authority in his practice. His notion of a proper Constitution was one " in which the powers of government should be so divided...effectually checked and restrained by the others." While the constitutional convention was at work he wrote to Madison suggesting that, to give stability...

...principles or as antagonistic to authority in his practice. His notion of a proper Constitution was one "in which the powers of government should be so divided...bodies of magistracy as that no one could transcend then* legal limits without being effectually checked and restrained by the others." While the constitutional...

...but one which should not only be founded on free principles, but in which the powers of government be so divided and balanced among several bodies of...without being effectually checked and restrained by the other. f Second, protection of the minority. To protect the mi. n^rity against the danger of oppressions...

...would surely be as oppressive as one. An elective despotism was not the government we fought for but one which should not only be founded on free principles, but in which the powers of government be so divided and balanced among several bodies of magistracy, as that no one could transcend their...

...from the *In 1781, Jefferson wrote: "An elective despotism was not the government we fought for; but one which should not only be founded on free principles,...effectually checked and restrained by the others." In 1787, John Adams wrote: "If there is one certain truth to be collected from the history of all ages,...

...interrelations go far towards producing an equipoise, protecting the people against arbitrary action. " The powers of government should be so divided and...one could transcend their legal limits without being effectively checked and restrained by the others." Thus the ideal was propounded by one of the earliest...

...that they are chosen by ourselves. An elective despotism was not the government we fought for, but one which should not only be founded on free principles, but in which the powers of government should be divided and balanced among several bodies of magistracy as that no one could transcend their legal...

...Federal Convention. In his Jfotcn on Virginia he wrote that "the government we fought for" was one "in which the powers of government should be so divided...without being effectually checked and restrained by the others."1* After the new government of the United States went into operation, John Adams, now vice-president,...

...Virginia he wrote that "the government we fought for" was one "in which the powers of government should he so divided and balanced among several bodies of magistracy,...effectually checked and restrained by the others." ™ After the new government of the United States went into operation, John Adams, now vice-president,...

...that they are chosen by ourselves. An elective despotism was not the government we fought for; but one which should not only be founded on free principles,...effectually checked and restrained by the others. For this reason that Convention which passed the ordinance of government, laid its foundation on this...