梁文杰议员原文写道：
"麦迪逊（James Madison）说，在共和国里，立法部门的权力应是最为优先的。
这一点无论再怎么强调都不过分。"
另外一个网页单独强调这一段是维基百科，但维基百科是这样写的：
"但是麦迪逊在联邦主义议文集第五十一章写道，现实上没可能公平给予各部门自
我辩护的权力，在共和国里，立法部门的权力应是最为优先的。"
好歹有列出本篇来源是联邦党人文集第五十一篇，该段后面还有更多句子：
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.