Quote from Thomas Jefferson 

"The concentrating [of powers] in the same hands
is precisely the definition of despotic government.
It will be no alleviation that these powers will be
exercised by a plurality of hands, and not by a single one."

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Thomas Jefferson
(1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President
 
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