The bottom line is that the state, or government, is the negation of freedom.
Or, freedom is the negation of Govt to the maximum extent possible, IE, the Founder's vision.
Another old sage said: "Harm no man, then do as you will" as the best form of Govt.
Our own Founders witnessed this among native Americans - no formal Govt, but yet a code of conduct, breakers of which met with the hostitlity of the community.
On another note, prices in free markets are all we need to prosper, each man invisibly helping others by his own industry and self interest. As soon as Govt enters the mix, perverse incentives ensue, Govt grows and crowds out capital from private enterprise and slows economic growth.
The only purpose of Govt was First to ensure our rights and Second to provide security, and very little else, for the Founders understood man's corruptibility as evidenced in the Limited Govt they designed.
The Founders ideas are based on the sovereignty of the individual - anything less values the collective more, and leads to statism, oppression and tyranny.