I don't think it works that way anymore.

The Constitution is not an instrument for government to restrain the people; it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government--lest it come to dominate our lives and our interests.

— Patrick Henry

Two centuries of government programs.

"A government program you want is like Pandora's box. You open it to provide something you think is needed, but in doing so you make it possible for a host of bad government programs to be unleashed upon the world."

- Harry Browne