Two statements that explain how the country’s foundational documents and citizens’ personal rights are connected according to Herbert Hoover are:
- Hoover saw the Constitution as a “working plan” that, through the Bill of Rights, protects “the vital principles of the American people,” thereby linking the foundational document directly to the protection of individual rights
- The founding fathers created a constitutional system where personal liberties, carefully enumerated in the Bill of Rights, were placed beyond the reach of popular majorities, ensuring that the federal government is permanently denied power to interfere with certain personal rights and freedoms
