Jefferson America's Constitution is one of the most elegant documents ever written, the blueprint of the world's oldest and most stable democracy. It is only a few pages in length, but the nation that the Constitution's Framers architected has had a new presidential election like clockwork every four years for over 200 years without interruption. An engineer would call any airplane that flew that long with such a safety record a successful design.
Democracy is when two wolves and a lamb vote on what to eat for dinner.
While around the world both democracy and the free market are gaining ground, few understand that democracy is a necessary but not sufficient condition for a just and prosperous society. There must be limitations on what the majority can decide, or better still, the government must be explicitly authorized to decide only certain things. This philosophy of delegation of authority is unique to the US Constitution, and is fundamental to its success. Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of government.