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1540. CONGRESS, The Judiciary vs.—

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.—
To M. L'Abbé Arnond. Washington ed. iii, 82. Ford ed., v, 104.
(P. 1789)