“The precedent (of usurpation) must always greatly overbalance in permanent evil any partial or transient benefit which the use can at any time yield. ...””
I have no idea what that means.
It means that even though usurpation could create a temporary benefit, it would always also create large amounts of long-term and even permanent harm.
“The precedent (of usurpation) must always greatly overbalance in permanent evil any partial or transient benefit which the use can at any time yield. ...””
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I have no idea what that means.
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Think about the precedent the democrats want to set when they seek to remove the President of the United States from power merely for POLITICAL ENDS.
It defies the true purpose for such an act, and is a dangerous precedent that they would hate to have turned upon them.
There is no justifying an unjust act, but you see it attempted everyday. People who harm or steal from others will always believe they have a reason.
‘Evil’ is usually at the bottom of the slippery slope. Setting a new precedent for transient gain is up the hill.
Which explains perfectly why the public schools do not study the Founders’ words any more. The average public-school victim does not understand them.
If you allow usurpation even once, you have set a precedent.
That precedent, and the negative things that accompany the usurpation, do far more lasting damage than any temporary good the usurping provides.
Think of Banana Republics and their endless coups: one totalitarian regime after another, each done to stop evil, yet each producing a new, sometimes worse, evil.