In 1824, James Monroe stated, There is no object which as a people we can desire which we do not possess or which is not within our reach. Here we can see the tension identified by Kotef as well as Hardt and Negri-a conception of sovereignty as an open, expansive project operating on unbounded terrain that exists alongside a fantasy of closure and enclosure, involving clearly demarcated territory, sealed within a border, which is a container of the people. Here we see that for certain subjects, movement is a manifestation of liberty that should be maximized. While for others, movement is something that must be tightly managed and regulated.