Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “In the first place, it is to be remembered, that the general government is not to be charged with the whole power of making and administering laws: its jurisdiction is limited to certain enumerated objects, which concern all the members of the republic, but which are not to be attained by the separate provisions of any.” ~ James Madison (1751-1836), Father of the Constitution for the USA, 4th US PresidentSource: Federalist No. 14, November 30, 1787