<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Checks and balances protect people from... > Checks and balances protect people from themselves. Dividing power so that neither the government nor any group holds all of it is a wise safeguard for imperfect human beings. **Source:** [[livestreams/Independence, Gratitude, and the Unfinished American Experiment - Workbook|Independence, Gratitude, and the Unfinished American Experiment]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Checks and balances protect people from themselves. Dividing power so that neither the government nor any group holds all of it is a wise safeguard for imperfect human beings.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-checks-balances-protect-imperfect-human-beings ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->