limited government

Such an important quote:

"They are not to do anything they please to provide for the general welfare.... [G]iving a distinct and independent power to do any act they please which may be good for the Union, would render all the preceding and subsequent enumerations of power completely useless. It would reduce the whole instrument to a single phrase, that of instituting a Congress with power to do whatever would be for the good of the United States; and as they sole judges of the good or evil, it would be also a power to do whatever evil they please." --Thomas Jefferson

Unfortunately, there is no longer anything that America's government is unwilling to stick its nose into. Our government has become involved in nearly every aspect of our lives. Compared to Britain and others, that influence might be slight, but it will choke America all the same.