The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
Bio: John Reed is an American novelist. He is the author of four novels: A Still Small Voice, Snowball's Chance with a preface by Alexander Cockburn, The Whole, and All the World's a Grave: A New Play by William Shakespeare.