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Thus, I consent, sir, to this Constitution because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that it is not the best.
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Beck explains his support for the Constitution based on the belief that it may be the best option available.
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Plato records a saying of Socrates that the dog is a true philosopher because philosophy is love of knowledge, and a dog, while growling at strangers, always welcomes the friends that he knows.
Assuredly, the man of to-day, with the rich heritage of countless ages, can do no less.
Again the words of Washington suggest themselves: "If, to please the people, we offer what we ourselves disapprove, how can we afterwards defend our work?
Other nations may not take it so literally, but with our life-long adherence to a written Constitution as a solemn contractual obligation, we do.
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