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To: arrogantsob

That is exactly what Hamilton believed when he pointed to the inability of a Bill of Rights to control tyrants.

You are correct. He basically stated that this bill of rights would become a pretext for abusing what wasn't explicitly stated in said rights.

51 posted on 03/31/2011 12:53:34 PM PDT by frogjerk (I believe in unicorns, fairies and pro-life Democrats.)

To: frogjerk

It doesn’t matter if a right IS explicitly stated, if it gets in the way of socialism, they abuse it anyway.

2nd, 10th, etc.

52 posted on 03/31/2011 12:56:28 PM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)

To: frogjerk

But he and Madison went along with it so that the anti-federalists would STFU.

54 posted on 03/31/2011 1:00:39 PM PDT by arrogantsob

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