The greatest and noblest purpose of the Constitution was not alone to hold in nicest equipose the relative powers of the nation and the States, but also to maintain in the scales of justice a true equilibrium between the rights of government and the rights of an individual.
Beck articulates the dual purpose of the Constitution in balancing governmental and individual rights.
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I confess that there are several parts of this Constitution which I do not at present approve, but I am not sure I shall never approve them.
We have been trained for nearly a century and a half to measure the validity and obligations of laws and executive acts in Courts of Justice and to apply the plain import of the Constitution.
This experience has convinced me that now, more than ever before, there is in England a deep interest in American institutions and their history.
Let us raise a standard to which the wise and just can repair.
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