Ideals are imperative to the existence and thriving of a free People, especially to the dialogue among it. It is when the ideals of others are ignored that we become not principled, but stubborn. This obstinance not only hinders progress, it blurs the vision of the Constitution — that of a civil society in which the People may freely pursue their happiness while building a “more perfect union.”
The solution to the obstinance? I have not a clue. Happiness, freedom, and unity can be defined differently for everyone. The writers of the Constitution, though, knew of our limitations as human beings –especially of our inability to be perfect. We do not live in Pleasantville; we are going to disagree. It is when the dialogue, being necessary to building a more perfect union, breaks down that we truly lose our freedom — a thought that our government and People need to digest.
Roundtable for the People 
The United States of America was a nation of experimenters in a more perfect union. Each Founding Father looked at the Enlightenment Thinkers and before especially John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, and Baron Montesquieu. Creating the US Constitution was so important to the Federalists that it led to our very form of government to now.
You are correct in your statements. Keep penning my friend.