Comments on: What Is the American Constitution?

By: shivaraj

shivaraj — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 15:10:26 +0000

Thank u Donald, your explanation as to ideology behind constitution is correct and it applies to all rational costitution of the world However,changing idaes of the people should looked from the angle of social wealfare,to much importance individual ideology may not holds good in modern society.Now we were thinking about Rule of Justice as We know that rule of justice is bettter then rule of law. Accordingly individual ideology or individual aspiration should be put in second place as social wefare occupied first place.

By: shivaraj

shivaraj — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 15:10:01 +0000

Thank u Donald, your explanation as to ideology behind constitution is correct and it applies to all retional costitution of the world However,changing idaes of the people should looked from the angle of social wealfare,to much importance individual ideology may not holds good in modern society.Now we were thinking about Rule of Justice as We know that rule of justice is bettter then rule of law. Accordingly individual ideology or individual aspiration should be put in second place as social wefare occupied first place.

By: Roger McKinney

Roger McKinney — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 15:57:19 +0000

PS, this is a warning for anarchists. No document can restrain the will of the majority. If you want anarchism, you must convince the majority. But if the majority are convinced, then limited government will work as well. The form of the state doesn’t matter; the ideology of the majority is all that counts.

By: Roger McKinney

Roger McKinney — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 15:55:09 +0000

Nice! Thanks! As Mises used to say, even a dictator has to take the temperature of the majority once in a while. In addition to what Dr. Boudreaux writes, I have come to the conclusion that the Constitution was the red-haired step child for even its own fathers. It seems that everyone immediately set up to undermine the document before the ink had dried. Some tried to get around the restrictions on the state while others figured out how to undermine the state’s power. Unfortunately, those who wanted more power for the state than allowed in the Constitution have always won.

By: Catherine Jaime

Catherine Jaime — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 14:12:16 +0000

An insightful article, though it encouraged me and discouraged me at the same time. I currently teach a high school class on “the Constitution”…I have always stressed the history of the Constitution as being as important as the document itself…We discuss often the ideas of liberty and freedom, and constitutional and unconstitutional. (Now I’ll have to rethink my use of those latter words.)

Within my sphere of influence, I will continue to work on your idea that: “Liberty must reside in the hearts of people if it is to reign.” Thank you again for a great article and a great magazine. “Ideas on Liberty” has been a must-read at my house for many, many years.

By: Jackson Pemberton

Jackson Pemberton — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 14:01:09 +0000

Donald,

Thanks for a clear exposé. A corollary is that our amendment by popular fiat weakens the strength of the written word substantially, which in turn threatens further weakness. We all believe the written constitution to be the law of the land while blithely ignoring it. It is, after all, our allegiance that empowers the written law. We must understand that our personal honor and respect for one another is our only hope of continued peace and prosperity. But, alas, our prosperity seems to breed selfishness, arrogance and enmity toward duty.

It is the struggle for men’s minds that matters most.

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By: pascaline

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By: pascaline

pascaline — Thu, 07 May 2009 07:16:01 +0000

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