BILL OF RIGHTS
Franklin Roosevelt claimed that the “political rights” given by the constitution and the Bill of Rights seemed to be insufficient and the Bill of rights had was proven to pursue happiness. Roosevelt believed that the presence of those rights would assure American security and that the U.S place in the globe relied on how far the rights had been put into action (Kersch, 2016). He said, “It is our duty to lay the plans and determine the strategy for the winning of a lasting peace and establishment of an American standard of living higher than ever before known. We cannot be content, no matter how high that general standard of living may be, if some fraction of our people –whether it be one-third or one-fifth or one-tenth-is ill-fed, ill-clothed, ill-housed, and insecure.” This explains why he felt the need to propose the second bill of rights. He was determined to give America the security that deserves (Cross, 2020). The difference is noted where Roosevelt believes in the people and give them rights to good jobs, a decent home, and adequate medical care among others while other rights focused on religion, the security of a free state and capital offences. Also, the success of the proposed rights were essential in helping the U.S to secure a global peace (Magliocca, 2018)). There are different values and belief systems which must be conserved so that the society can function. The societal principles should be grounded so that the community can progress to a new level of security.
References
Kersch, K. I. (2016). Constitutional Conservatives Remember the Progressive Era. The Progressives’ Century: Political Reform, Constitutional Government and the American State, 130-56.
Magliocca, G. N. (2018). The heart of the constitution: How the bill of rights became the bill of rights. Oxford University Press.
Cross, G. (2020). Franklin D. Roosevelt and US Foreign Relations. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of American History.