The founding fathers said the only way that government would properly serve the people would be if it were run by moral people. Sounds right to me. More conservatives should choose government service and do their best to limit its scope. In Wisconsin, our state treasurer ran on the platform of trying to eliminate the job if he got elected.
I hate to quibble, but the Founders said our government would only work FOR a moral people. Their emphasis, as yours, should be on us and not on those elected. We can only keep them in check with limits.
But again, you mistake what the Founders were saying.