evidence: —John Adams "The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the laws of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence." [...] —Jefferson to Madison, 1787 "Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them to rights." [...] —Mario Vargas Llosa "Wherever Law ends, Tyranny begins."