Simon Wilder: You asked the question, sir, now let me answer it. The beauty of the Constitution is that it can always be changed. The beauty of the Constitution is that it makes no set law other than faith in the wisdom of ordinary people to govern themselves.
Proffesor Pitkannan: Faith in the wisdom of the people is exactly what makes the Constitution incomplete and crude.
Simon Wilder: Crude? No, sir. Our "founding parents" were pompous, white, middle-aged farmers, but they were also great men. Because they knew one thing that all great men should know: that they didn't know everything. Sure, they'd make mistakes, but they made sure to leave a way to correct them. The president is not an "elected king," no matter how many bombs he can drop. Because the "crude" Constitution doesn't trust him. He's just a bum, okay Mr. Pitkannan? He's just a bum.
I was patting myself on the back earlier for glibby calling Montesquieu "Monty" when it occurred to me that in With Honors, a movie that even by my own horrific standards is incredibly terrible, which means I've only seen it 65 times, Brendan Frasier's character is a Harvard law student and the movie's big cheesy "bum sticks it to the snotty professor!!" moment is about the Constitution. And Frasier's name in the flick? Monty.
Hmm.
This post is dedicated to Tinsel & Rot, the only other person who has ever admitted to seeing this movie.
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When does Pesci kick Fraser's head in for being a Jew?
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