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A Government of Men: Presidential Address, The Ninth Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, December 28, 1912

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  • Hart, Albert Bushnell

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“In the government of this commonwealth, the legislative department shall never exercise the executive and judicial powers, or either of them: the executive shall never exercise the legislative and judicial powers, or either of them: the judicial shall never exercise the legislative and executive powers, or either of them: to the end, it may be a government of laws, and not of men.†So runs the thirtieth article of the constitution adopted by the people of Massachusetts in their town meetings in the year 1780; and still a part of the fundamental law of this Commonwealth. The fine and sonorous phrase states two important principles: that in every proper government there should be three balanced departments; and that a government of laws must control not only the people but those charged with government—that is, that the rule is stronger than the rulers.

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  • Hart, Albert Bushnell, 1913. "A Government of Men: Presidential Address, The Ninth Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, December 28, 1912," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 7(1), pages 1-27, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:apsrev:v:7:y:1913:i:01:p:1-27_00
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