The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates (Signet Classics)

The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates (Signet Classics) Review

I purchased this along with the Federalist Papers. I had read the F.P. in it's entirety, but I hadn't been aware of the vast gulf between various founders over the best government for America.

The Anti-Federalist Papers contain the writings (and speeches) of some of the greatest heroes on the Revolution including Richard Henry Lee and Patrick Henry, and some who will forever be known only by their pseudonym.

These writers were concerned about the danger inherent in the centralized power of a federal ("efficient") government. These dangers have been shown in the last 140 years as the federal government increasingly enforces its power - seat belt laws, alcohol limits, anti-gun laws. All these patriots would have been horrified by the excesses of our federal state.

And yet, some of the centralized, efficient government has made us great and is an essential part of who we are. The standing army that they excoriated (with their memories of the Hessians et al.), is a necessary part of our survival in an increasingly dangerous world.

Be sure you read these papers, too, as you contemplate our history and our future.

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The dissenting opinions of Patrick Henry and others who saw the Constitution as a threat to our hard-won rights and liberties.

Edited and introduced by Ralph Ketcham.

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The Federalist Papers (Signet Classics)

The Federalist Papers (Signet Classics) Review

This book may be boring to some, but I recommend picking this book up as it is the text that Hamiliton, Jay, and Madison wrote in favor of our Constitution. Each section describes the reasoning behind the outline and responsibilites of our federal government and the limited government they envisioned. A good book for political science students and/or American history buffs alike.

I would like to get a copy of the "Anti-Federalist" papers which is obviously the argument against the Constitution, just to get the other side's perspective during the transitioning times from The Articles of Confederation to our Constitution.

Nonetheless, I am glad the Founding Fathers ratified the Constitution, what are leaders are doing to the Consitution today is a crime.

This book includes a copy of the Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and Articles of Confederation

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The Federalist Papers (Signet Classics) Overview

The documents thatshaped a nation.

Three of the founding fathers brilliantly defend their revolutionary charter: the Constitution of the United States, a milestone in political science and a classic of American history.

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"This country and this people seem to have been made for each other, and it appears as if it was the design of Providence, that an inheritance so proper and convenient for a band of brethren ... should never be split into a number of unsocial, jealous, and alien sovereignties." So wrote John Jay, one of the revolutionary authors of The Federalist Papers, arguing that if the United States was truly to be a single nation, its leaders would have to agree on universally binding rules of governance--in short, a constitution. In a brilliant set of essays, Jay and his colleagues Alexander Hamilton and James Madison explored in minute detail the implications of establishing a kind of rule that would engage as many citizens as possible and that would include a system of checks and balances. Their arguments proved successful in the end, and The Federalist Papers stand as key documents in the founding of the United States.

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