Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “The great security against a gradual concentration of the several powers in the same department consists in giving to those who administer each department the necessary constitutional means and personal motives to resist encroachment of the others.” ~ James Madison (1751-1836), Father of the Constitution for the USA, 4th US PresidentSource: Federalist No. 10, November 23, 1787