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“When all government ...in little as in great things... shall be drawn to Washington as the center of all power; it will render powerless the checks provided of one government on another, and will become as venal and oppressive as the government from which we separated.” -Thomas Jefferson
Cool quote, though it couldn't be any less accurate. Today we see a fully divided government, both chambers of Congress controlled by different parties, a moderate President checking the morons in the majority within the House and a Supreme Court overseeing it all while navigating the corruption of one senior member. Checks and balances are never more on display than with each of the branches of government hating one another.