James Beck: “I confess that there are several parts of this Constitution which I do not at present approve, but I am not sure I shall…”

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.

That vision still remains as an ideal with the American people and still leads them to ever-higher achievements, for in all the mad changes of a frenzied hour, they have not yet lost faith in or love for the Constitution of the Fathers!

Its protection should be given to those of superior skill and diligence, who ask the due rewards of such superiority.

It must champion the human soul in its God-given right to exercise freely the faculties of mind and body.