Thomas Jefferson:
"We have the greatest opportunity the world has ever seen, as long as we remain honest -- which will be as long as we can keep the attention of our people alive. If they once become inattentive to public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, judges and governors would all become wolves."
Jefferson and the other Founders believed that teaching the ideas of liberty to upcoming generations was essential to preparing them for being attentive guardians of their freedom. The same ideology which rules us today is the one that removed the teaching of the founding ideas from the curriculum of the schools: thus, an "inattentive" voter base.
When the "wolves" call the shots, "the People" become the prey!
The only thing left is "the People's" Constitution which remains, even to this Administration, a "constraint." An enlightened people, knowing and explaining their rights to the youth of America, might reverse "inattention" into "attentive" guardianship, thereby preserving liberty for future generations.
Wolves are well known for needing shot.