"It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution
was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions. There are
men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise
to be good masters, but they mean to be masters" -- Daniel Webster
憲法的主要目的,就是為人民防範統治者的好意。每個年代,每個歲月,都有充滿好意的人。他們都相信自己沒有任何私心,只是一心一意為人民謀福福利。當然,他們誠心做個好的統治者。但他們最終的目的就是要做統治者。
“The two enemies of the people are criminals and government”
-- Thomas Jefferson
人民的兩大適人就是,無法無天的人,和政府。