There are certain people within the new government who have a slightly disturbing tendency toward authoritarianism, but there are so many checks and balances that in that way their noises are just noises.

This used to be a government of checks and balances. Now it's all checks and no balances.

We'll be the checks and balances on this out-of-control, criminal government.

Open the way before the new government to prove that it is for serving the people.

In framing a government, which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty is this: You must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.

The checks and balances is a way to prevent government from either devolving into an autocratic tyranny or an autocratic mob mentality.