James Madison actually said...

"Were the power of Congress to be established and the latitude contended for, it would subvert the very foundations and transmute the very nature of the limited government established by this Constitut..."

"In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this, you must first enable the government to control the governed, and, in the next place, oblige to ..."

"If Congress can employ money indefinitely to the general welfare and are the sole and supreme judges of general welfare, they may take the care of religion into their own hands; they may appoint teach..."

"laws impairing the obligation of contracts are contrary to the first principles of the social compact, and to every principle of sound legislation."