“The pyramid of government, and a republican government may well receive that beautiful and solid form, should be raised to a dignified altitude: but its foundations must, of consequence, be broad, and strong, and deep.” – James Wilson (1804)

To understand the above quote in its fullest context, please see:

http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/v1ch2s25.html

To understand the role James Wilson had as a driving force behind drafting the US Constitution, his role as one of the six USSC Justices put in place by George Washington and gain a further standing of his prominence as Founding Father, please see:

https://web.archive.org/web/20150710163946/http://www.ushistory.org/Declaration/Signers/wilson.htm