power between two elected officials is a more cautious practice.  

Lord Acton, (John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton), an English historian, politician and writer, noted, “remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that. All power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

 

Loyalty

 President Trump, and some other presidents including President Kennedy, expected his attorney general to be loyal to him personally. That is why President Trump fired his first attorney general, Jeff Sessions, and hired William Barr as a loyal guard dog.

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