Federalist Papers #51: A Brief Excerpt

If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. 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 it to control itself.
-from The Federalist #51

It is vast ignorance that is the largest threat to our Liberty. The Constitution is very simple. The Federalist Papers go into more detail in the illumination and explanation of the implications of The Constitution; Indeed The Federalist was a way to explain to The People both the importance and function of a Constitutional Republic form of government. Both The Constitution and The Federalist are from a time when there was an attention span that was longer than 60 seconds at a time, longer than a few months at a time, and when citizens were not bombarded by a multimedia news cycle that limits and crowds out the ability to recall and reason on an individual level.  In today's world, reading The Constitution seems like a chore for most people, and reading The Federalist more like a bore.  Meanwhile, The Enemies Of Liberty within our government are more than willing to mislead and misinterpret, providing the antithesis to The Federalist and The Constitution as they shake the foundation of our Republic.