1. Some of the people are not interested in doing good. Some consciously behave quite to the contrary. 2. It seems this has always been so, and there is no reason to expect a change any time soon. 3. A portion of that group is attracted to government, and the power it offers, and this also appears to be a constant.
4. Many such people have acquired government control, and have done some of the most awful crimes committed by man.
Therefore, to me, it seems insane to design a government dependent on good men. Completely hallucinatory to rest the fate of your liberty on that. Madness.
The Constitution put into practice the philosophy of Natural Law as expressed in the Declaration.
On what basis would you design a government? What should good government depend on?