Preservation of Life and Liberty

To insure the preservation of life and property America has written into her Constitution absolute guaranties. In no other country is life and property so hedged about with protective laws - all securing the inalienable rights of the individual citizen. The preservation of these rights is a dominant principle of the American philosophy of government. It limits that government, in writing, to certain definite powers, and the right is reserved to discharge any and all governmental servants who infringe upon the written will of the people. By the system of government set up by our Constitution the people have been able to regulate the agencies of government and control and direct corporations, capital, and labor. Mighty as is their power they must not infringe upon the rights of any private citizen. Neither must the individual citizen infringe upon the rights of another. Self-preservation for every citizen is guaranteed by the Constitution and guarded by the Supreme Court of the United States.