The Constitution lacks the eloquence and passion of the Declaration of Independence, although the opening of the Preamble, We the People, summons forth the still radically democratic idea that the government of the United States exists to serve the people, not the people to serve the government. That is fundamental to the Framers original intent, as is the related idea that government in the United States cannot tell us what to think or believe about politics, religion, art, science, literature or anything else; American citizens have the duty as well as the right to keep the government from falling into error, not the other way around. -Leonard W. Levy, Original Intent and the Framers Constitution
Posted on: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 02:34:36 +0000
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