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The essential dilemma of limited government raised by the ratification debates is

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The major dilemma regarding limited government that was discussed during the ratification debates involved the balance between the ability of a government to do harm to its people and to help its people. More specifically, founders were concerned that a government too weak to do harm to citizens would also be too weak to do good for its citizens.
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