We The People:

    “He thought, too, that the great fabric to be raised would be more stable and durable, if it should rest on the solid foundation of the people themselves, than if it should stand merely on the pillars of the legislatures.”–James Madison, May 31, 1787, Debates In The Federal Convention Of 1787, Held At Philadelphia. [Eliiot’s Debates, Vol. V, Pg. 137]