“The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.”

Hence, the US Constitution...

A vital piece of wisdom, especially when one considers that one person's utopia is nearly always another's nightmare.

Power in human hands is not just liable to abuse, it is as close to a certainty as anything. That is especially true when we allow some inner, elite circle of a few men do the governing year after year.