Question

Why does Patrick Henry believe a Bill of Rights is necessary?

"The necessity of a Bill of Rights appears to me to be greater than ever it was in any government before... All rights not expressly and unequivocally reserved to the people are impliedly and incidentally relinquished to rulers...If you intend to reserve your unalienable rights, you must have the most express stipulations; for... If people do not think it necessary to reserve them, they will supposed to be given up."

- Patrick Henry, 1788

Answer 1

As leader of the anti-Federalists, Patrick Henry demanded that the Bill of Rights be added to the U.S. Constitution to limit the federal government's power more strictly, and to guarantee the protection of each and every citizen's basic individual liberties.

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