梁文傑議員原文寫道：
"麥迪遜（James Madison）說，在共和國裡，立法部門的權力應是最為優先的。
這一點無論再怎麼強調都不過分。"
另外一個網頁單獨強調這一段是維基百科，但維基百科是這樣寫的：
"但是麥迪遜在聯邦主義議文集第五十一章寫道，現實上沒可能公平給予各部門自
我辯護的權力，在共和國裡，立法部門的權力應是最為優先的。"
好歹有列出本篇來源是聯邦黨人文集第五十一篇，該段後面還有更多句子：
In republican government, the legislative authority necessarily
predominates.
The remedy for this inconveniency is to divide the legislature
into different branches; and to render them, by different modes of election
and different principles of action, as little connected with each other as
the nature of their common functions and their common dependence on the
society will admit.
It may even be necessary to guard against dangerous encroachments by still
further precautions.
As the weight of the legislative authority requires that it should be thus
divided, the weakness of the executive may require, on the other hand, that
it should be fortified.