The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.
James Madison, On Tyranny, Federalist Paper #47
By Steve Straub
Published March 27, 2011 at 7:26pm
Lisette Muntslag says
I constantly use a James Madison quote on Tyranny but didn’t know where it came from…..thank you for the introduction to Federalist papers 47.