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" Those who are to conduct a war cannot in the nature of things, be proper or safe judges, whether a war ought to be commenced, continued or concluded. They are barred from the latter functions by a great principle in free government, analogous to that... "
The Cult of the Presidency: America's Dangerous Devotion to Executive Power - Page 159
by Gene Healy - 2008 - 367 pages
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The Federalist, on the New Constitution, Written in the Year 1788, by Mr ...

James Madison, John Jay - 1818 - 882 pages
...war, it affords a striking illustration of the incompatibility of the two powers in the same hands. Those who are to conduct a war cannot in the nature...the power of executing from the power of enacting laws. " He may require the opinion in writing of the prin' • cipal officers in each of the executive...
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The Federalist: On the New Constitution

James Madison, John Jay - 1826 - 736 pages
...war, it affords a striking illustration of the incompatibility of the two powers in the same hands. Those who are to conduct a war cannot in the nature...functions by a great principle in free government, analagous to that which separates the sword from the purse, or the power of executing from the power...
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The Federalist on the New Constitution

Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - 1831 - 758 pages
...war, it affords a striking illustration of the incompatibility of the two powers in the same hands. Those who are to conduct a war cannot, in the nature...to be commenced, continued, or concluded. They are burred from the latter functions by a great principle in free government, analogous to that which separates...
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The Federalist: On the New Constitution, Written in the Year 1788

Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - 1837 - 516 pages
...war, it affords a striking illustration of the incompatibility of the two powers iu the same hands. Those who are to conduct a war cannot in the nature...the power of executing from the power of enacting laws. " He may require the opinion in writing of the principal offi" cers in each of the executive...
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The Federalist, on the New Constitution, Written in the Year 1788

1842 - 492 pages
...war, it affords a striking illustration of the incompatibility of the two powers in the same hands. Those who are to conduct a war cannot in the nature...analogous to that which separates the sword from the puree, or the power of executing from the power of enacting laws. " He may require the opinion in writing...
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Addresses and Speeches on Various Occasions: 1835-1851

Robert Charles Winthrop - 1852 - 788 pages
...And there is another paragraph in one of the same papers of infinitely more significant import : " Those who are to conduct a war, cannot, in the nature...the power of executing from the power of enacting laws." Much has been said, in the course of this debate, Mr. Chairman, about the doctrines of old-fashioned...
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The Federalist: On the New Constitution, Written in 1788

Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - 1852 - 528 pages
...the two powers in the same hands. Those who are to eonduct a war cannot in the nature of things. bo proper or safe judges, whether a war ought to be commenced,...analogous to that which separates the sword from the puree, or the power of executing from the power of enacting laws. " He may require the opinion in writing...
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Addresses and Speeches on Various Occasions: 1835-1851

Robert Charles Winthrop - 1852 - 800 pages
...the insipid opiate of a President's message ? What can be more emphatic than the declaration, that " those who are to conduct a war cannot, in the nature...war ought to be commenced, continued, or concluded ? " Who can read these paragraphs without being deeply impressed with the sentiment which pervades...
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Addresses and Speeches on Various Occasions: 1835-1851

Robert Charles Winthrop - 1852 - 876 pages
...the insipid opiate of a President's message ? What can be more emphatic than the declaration, that " those who are to conduct a war cannot, in the nature...war ought to be commenced, continued, or concluded ? " Who can read these paragraphs without being deeply impressed with the sentiment which pervades...
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Addresses and Speeches on Various Occasions: 1835-1851

Robert Charles Winthrop - 1852 - 804 pages
...the same papers of infinitely more significant import : •' Those who are to conduct a war, caunot, in the nature of things be proper or safe judges,...to be commenced. continued or concluded. They are burred from the latter functions by a great principle in free government, analogous to that which separates...
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