re: #260 calcajun
LOL! I think you were replying to me! And I certainly never said that the Founding Fathers weren’t without their foibles.
What I did say, and what is true, regardless of whether or not Adams regretted it later, Thomas Jefferson did author the Declaration of Independence, and the portion I quoted in my #171 seems to be particularly appropriate. Even in a democracy, the government can wind up tyrannizing the citizens.
Thus the provision in the Constitution that LIMITS Federal power to the Powers enumerated in the Constitution and all other matters are to be left to the States and to the people.