"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people; it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government."
"It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice, if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood." Federalist No. 62
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them."