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

It did not believe that the State was omnipotent or infallible, and yet it proclaimed its authority within wise and just limits.

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…

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.

We must defend the right to work against those who would either destroy or degrade it.