Were I called upon to decide whether the people had best be omitted in the Legislative or Judiciary department, I would say it is better to leave them out of the Legislative. The execution of the laws is more important than the making them.

Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) American political philosopher, polymath, statesman, US President (1801–09)

Letter (1789-07-19) to Abbé Arnoux
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