In other countries the people, more simple and of a less mercurial cast, judge of an ill principle in government only by an actual grievance; here they anticipate the evil, and judge of the pressure of the grievance by the badness of the principle.
Beck contrasts American political awareness with that of other nations regarding governance principles.
Share
More from James Beck
It must champion the human soul in its God-given right to exercise freely the faculties of mind and body.
It did not believe that the State was omnipotent or infallible, and yet it proclaimed its authority within wise and just limits.
We must defend the right to work against those who would either destroy or degrade it.
Its protection should be given to those of superior skill and diligence, who ask the due rewards of such superiority.
Other voices in this conversation
