Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| NUMBER: | 791 |
| AUTHOR: | George Washington (1732–99) |
| QUOTATION: | It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking in a free Country should inspire caution in those entrusted with its administration, to confine themselves within their respective Constitutional Spheres; avoiding in the exercise of the Powers of one department to encroach upon another. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | President See note at No. 339 about the farewell address. |
| SUBJECTS: | Government—separation of powers |