Jefferson said something like that when arguing to rewrite the constitution:

https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-12-02-0248

https://oll.libertyfund.org/quotes/thomas-jefferson-on-whether-the-american-constitution-is-binding-on-those-who-were-not-born-at-the-time-it-was-signed-and-agreed-to-1789

…but that was probably written from France when feeling all bohemian on his trip with his child sex slave.