Your President may easily become king. Your Senate is so imperfectly constructed that your dearest rights may be sacrificed by what may be a small minority. . . . Your strongholds will be in the hands

Your President may easily become king. Your Senate is so imperfectly constructed that

your dearest rights may be sacrificed by what may be a small minority. . . . Your
strongholds will be in the hands of your enemies. ...
-Patrick Henry, speech at the Virginia Ratifying Convention, 1788
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Patrick Henry was criticizing which aspect of the Constitution in this except
A The eligibility requirements for congressional office
B The power granted to the central government
C The establishment of a separate judicial branch
D The difficulty of the amendment process

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