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It is necessary from the very nature of things that power should be a check to power.

It is necessary from the very nature of things that power should be a check to power.

Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (2015). “The Spirit of Laws”, p.205, Library of Alexandria

Power must never be trusted without a check.

John Adams, Abigail Adams, Thomas Jefferson (1988). “The Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and Abigail and John Adams”

Check thyself before thy wreck thyself.

"What Tyler Oakley Taught Me About Being a ‘Man’" by Jackson Barnett, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 4, 2014.

How is Hillary Clinton going to lecture me about living paycheck to paycheck? I was raised paycheck to paycheck.

"Who stood out during the first Republican debate?". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. August 7, 2015.

When you come from so many damaged places you don't ever want to spiral back there, so you gotta continue to check yourself.

"There's something about Mary". Interview with Stephanie Merritt, www.theguardian.com. May 3, 2008.

You better check your lipstick before you come and talk to me.

"Fashion's Biggest Names Gather At The Fashion Media Awards" by Lauren Alexis Fisher, www.harpersbazaar.com. September 6, 2014.

Patzer sees a check, gives a check.

"My 60 Memorable Games". Book by Bobby Fischer, 1969.

A society in which men recognize no check upon their freedom soon becomes a society where freedom is the possession of only a savage few.

Brainerd Currie, Learned Hand, United States. Supreme Court (1953). “The Supreme Court: an NBC radio discussion”