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It is for us... To inquire constantly and persistently, when theories of national power… — Charles A. Beard

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It is for us... To inquire constantly and persistently, when theories of national power or states' rights are propounded: "What interests are behind them and to whose advantage will changes or the maintenance of old forms accrue?" By refusing to do this we become victims of history-clay in the hands of its makers.

Charles A. Beard
An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States · 1935
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Political powerQuestioning authority
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Political literature
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1935
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Charles A. Beard
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Beard, Charles A. An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States. The Macmillan Company, 1935, introduction.

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