"It is proper to take alarm at the first experiment
on our liberties.
We hold this prudent jealousy to be
the first duty of citizens,
and one of the noblest characteristics of
the late Revolution.
The freeman of America did not wait till
usurped power had strengthened
itself by exercise, and entangled
the question in precedents.
They saw all the consequences in the principle,
and they avoided the consequences
by denying the principle."
-- James Madison (1751-1836)
Father of the Constitution for the USA.
4th US President
Source: "A Memorial and Remonstrance".