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This does not argue that the Constitution is an obscure document, for it would be difficult to cite any political document in the annals of mankind that was so simple and lucid in expression.
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Beck asserts the clarity of the Constitution, arguing against the notion that it is obscure.
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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.
If it ceases to be of the spirit of the people, then the yellow parchment whereon it is inscribed can avail nothing.
The tendency of group morality to standardize man--and thus reduce all men to the dead level of an average mediocrity--is one that the law should combat.
We must defend the right to work against those who would either destroy or degrade it.
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