"Inasmuch as the primary object of a government, beyond the mere repression of physical violence, is the making of rules which determine the property relations of members of society, the dominent classes whose rights are thus to be determined must perforce obtain from the government such rules as are consonant with the larger interests necessary to the continuance of their economic processes, or they must themselves control the organs of government."
— “An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution”, Charles Beard