إذا استطاع الكونغرس أن ينفق المال بلا حدود على الرفاه العام... فقد يعيّن معلمين في كل ولاية... إنّ سلطات الكونغرس ستقوّض الأساس نفسه، وطبيعة الحكومة المحدودة التي أقامها شعب أمريكا.

“If Congress can employ money indefinitely to the general welfare... they may appoint teachers in every state... The powers of Congress would subvert the very foundation, the very nature of the limited government established by the people of America.”James Madison — The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution: As Recommended by the General Convention at Philadelphia in 1787. Together with the Journal of the Federal Convention, Luther Martin's Letter, Yates's Minutes, Congressional Opinions, Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of '98-'99, and Other Illustrations of the Constitution (1836)