The previous week, I agreed with the philosophy of originalism and felt that the Founding Fathers created a timeless framework for our government in the Constitution. They certainly did not expect the “modern government” we have today to go beyond its carefully crafted Constitution. I believe they thought they had protected us and were right to be wary of government and the loss of individual liberty that comes with its growth. The purpose of the founders in the Constitution was to declare the reasons for their independence and to show the choice of government they had chosen over the vast and unresponsive English government (Pilon, page 259). Pilon further explains that the only reason for a government to exist is to preserve the rights it is required to protect. Our right to the individual “pursuit of happiness” is perhaps our own idea of ​​utopia. Kristol (page 299) suggests that this crisis of modernity “will require new ideas – or new versions of old ideas.” The Declaration of Independence guarantees us this right of individual pursuit – as long as our pursuit does not harm or obstruct the pursuit of others. . David Boaz (American Vision and Values, page 86) put it clearly: “Americans sought to design a Constitution that would limit government…..to make clear that the Constitution was not a blanket grant of power to government…” . I believe Ronald Reagan spoke for all of us in his message to Washington on February 20, 2009 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAwAY0LH9hg&feature=rated) “Our Constitution is a document in which we, the people , let's tell the government what it is allowed to do. We, the people, are free. » The government appeared to maintain a constitutionally consistent course until the period from the 1890s to the 1920s – known as the Progressive Era. This era is around the same time as Roosevelt's New Deal, but it is not directly related. The creation of a “fourth branch” of government seems to be taking shape with administrative power. The bureaucracy did not actually create another branch of government, but established agencies to oversee legislation and "give it broad governing power" (Pestritto, page 203). Machiavelli (The Prince, page 229) uses the term "Prince" at length to explain how to acquire and retain political power: "It is therefore not necessary that a prince have all the good qualities that I have listed, but he is very necessary to look like you have them.