“It is important likewise, that the habits of free thinking
in a free country, should inspire caution, in those entrusted with its administration, to confine themselves within
their respective constitutional spheres, avoiding in the
exercise of the powers of one department to encroach
upon another. The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate
the powers of all the departments in one, and thus to create, whatever the form of government, a real despotism.
A just estimate of that love of power, and proneness to abuse
it, which predominates in the human heart, is sufficient to
satisfy us of the truth of this position”.
George Washington.
Excerpt from Washington’s “Farewell Address to the
People of the Unite States”, Sept. 1796.
I highly recommend a full reading of his Address to remind
yourself of the fact that once upon a time men of this
caliber did indeed exist in this fair land.
Islander.