He supported it because he believed that the powers enumerated in it balance each other out and nobody could become tyrannical by exploiting it. He refers to it as an open door because it can be amended meaning that if something needs to be changed because the spirit of the time has changed, it can be done while keeping the good things.
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During the Great Depression, many families received food
from the bread lines.
The Great Depression left the nation devastated. Families were financially
unable to scrape up money for their next meal. Breadlines and soup
kitchens were established as charitable organizations giving free bread and
soup to the impoverished.
an outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters. Humanist beliefs stress the potential value and goodness of human beings, emphasize common human needs, and seek solely rational ways of solving human problems.
a Renaissance cultural movement which turned away from medieval scholasticism and revived interest in ancient Greek and Roman thought.
noun: Humanism
(among some contemporary writers) a system of thought criticized as being centered on the notion of the rational, autonomous self and ignoring the unintegrated and conditioned nature of the individual.
