According to the words of James Madison the purpose of ther Constituion was to limit the ability of a majority to harm in a minority.
He and George Washington understood that the power corrupts and that the primary job of the Federal government was to protect the people's God given rights from the tyranny of political factions.
delegated to the National government was limited to protect the God given rights of the people.
that governments ruled by a single monarchor political factions .
