Cherish, therefore, the spirit of our people, and keep alive their attention. If once they become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, judges and governors, shall all become wolves [emphasis added]. It seems to be the law of our general nature. - Thomas Jefferson (Letter to Edward Carrington January 16, 1787)
Yes, that’s quite the fact. But it has always been my position that I resent *having* to look over politicians’ shoulders all the time to keep them in line because they can’t be trusted any other way.