By ensuring that no one in government has too much power, the Constitution helps protect ordinary Americans every day against abuse of power by those in authority.

I get paid all day, every day, which is almost too much for a sensitive artist.

There is no greater breach of the public trust than knowingly misleading the country into war. In a democracy, we simply cannot tolerate the abuse of this trust by the government.

I love fresh flowers for my home. I spend far too much money on them, buying them almost every day.

Power is confusing for us, perhaps even terrifying, because our relationship with it had an unfortunate beginning. Someone in a position of power over us used and abused us…It seems as if power were something to be wielded, always at someone’s expense, usually our own.

The constitution gives me explicit and definite authority to remove a government from power, but I don't want to use this authority. But everyone should know that by law I have this power in my hands.