James Beck: “Thus they denied the power of a majority to alter even the form of…”

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Thus they denied the power of a majority to alter even the form of government.

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Beck asserts that the Constitution limits the majority's power to change the government structure.

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

If it ceases to be of the spirit of the people, then the yellow parchment whereon it is inscribed can avail nothing.

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.

Of this spirit one of the noblest expressions is the Constitution of the United States.

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James Beck: “Thus they denied the power of a majority to alter even the form of government.”