The MSW use of the Madison quote is a perversion of its meaning and context. Madison and the Founders wished to impose the most minimal intrusion on the individual possible in the Constitution and in no circumstances can the Madison quote be used nor should it be generalized to  justify regulation of economic  life and structures. The Founders did after all revolt to overthrow the English Government regulation of colonial economics. Madison was hardly oblivious to this context in which he was a principal actor......The Founders sought and enshrined maximum economic freedom.