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Moreover, it could claim with truth, if it finally perished, that it had been subjected to conditions for which it was never intended and that some of its essential principles had been ignored.
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Beck acknowledges that the Constitution has faced challenges that were not anticipated by its framers.
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That vision will remain with them as long, and no longer, as there is in their hearts a conscious and willing acquiescence in its wisdom and justice.
It did not believe that the State was omnipotent or infallible, and yet it proclaimed its authority within wise and just limits.
We must defend the right to work against those who would either destroy or degrade it.
If it ceases to be of the spirit of the people, then the yellow parchment whereon it is inscribed can avail nothing.
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