It has been objected also against a bill of rights, that, by enumerating particular exceptions to the grant of power, it would disparage
those rights which were not placed in that enumeration; and it might follow by implication, that those rights which were not singled out,
were intended to be assigned into the hands of the General Government, and were consequently insecure. This is one of the most
plausible arguments I have ever heard against the admission of a bill of rights into this system; but, I conceive, that it may be guarded
against.
-James Madison, 1789
According to Madison, why did some people oppose the addition of a bill of rights to the Constitution?
A.
They believed that a government created by the people could already be trusted to protect people's rights.
B.
They argued that some states would be reluctant to ratify the Constitution if a bill of rights was added.
C.
They thought that listing certain rights could be used to justify limiting other rights that were not listed.
D. They said it was the job of each state, not the federal government, to define protections for individual rights.