Constitutional Guaranties

The American citizen knows that he and his children may attain any goal to which intelligence, courage, and ability may lead. No overlord will ever bother or hinder their advancement. No succession to power or property is vested in titles of nobility to be transmitted through succeeding generations to favored families. The rich of today may be the wage earners of to-morrow, while the story of the rise of the exceedingly poor to affluence and power is as common as it is true. The young American's future depends upon himself. He may inherit a fortune; his sense and ability alone will enable him to keep it. He may be born in the cabin of the miner or the shack of the mountaineer, yet if within him there burns the unquenchable fires of ambition, courage, and indomitable will there are none who may stop him on the road to success. No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation. - Constitution of the United States.