[Diamond]

Far from embracing simplicity or counting on public virtue, the constitution set up a complex system designed to prevent the accumulation of legislative, executive, judicial powers in one, few, or many men.

"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."
John Adams

[Jacquerie]

"This isn’t to say we shouldn’t seek out the best among us. It means the careful selection of reps is insufficient to save our sinking republic." Jacquerie.