Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “The bottom line is that we've become a nation of thieves, a value rejected by our founders. James Madison, the father of our Constitution, was horrified when Congress appropriated $15,000 to help French refugees. He said, "I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents." Tragically, today's Americans would run Madison out of town on a rail.” ~ Walter E. Williams (1936-2020) Columnist, Professor of Economics at George Mason UniversitySource: On Why Socialism Is Evil.