For what purpose could the enumeration of particular powers be inserted, if these and all others were meant to be included in the preceding general power?
James MadisonIt is a misfortune incident to republican government, though in a less degree than to other governments, that those who administer it, may forget their obligations to their constituents, and prove unfaithful to their important trust.
James MadisonCan it be of less consequence that the meaning of a Constitution should be fixed and known, than a meaning of a law should be so?
James MadisonThe diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to a uniformity of interests. The protection of these faculties is the first object of government. From the protection of different and unequal faculties of acquiring property, the possession of different degrees and kinds of property immediately results; and from the influence of these on the sentiments and views of the respective proprietors, ensues a division of the society into different interests and parties.
James Madison