The essence of government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.
Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection, AApex Software, 1994.
-- James Madison, (Mar 16 1751-1836), US president (4th), political theorist; He was influential in framing the Constitution, drafted the Bill of Rights, and served as the 4th U.S. president.