Quote from James Madison 

"If Congress can do whatever in their discretion can be done by money, and will promote the General Welfare, the Government is no longer a limited one, possessing enumerated powers, but an indefinite one, subject to particular exceptions."

Quote by:
James Madison
(1751-1836), Father of the Constitution for the USA, 4th US President
Source:
letter to Edmund Pendleton, January 21, 1792
 
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