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Dangerous and Unnecessary
Supporters of the Constitution, the Federalists, thought a bill of rights was unnecessary and even dangerous. The authors of The Federalist Papers, including James Madison, argued for ratification of the Constitution without a bill of rights. They thought no list of rights could be complete, therefore it was best to make no list at all.
The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, #1, 1787, Library of Congress |