“Philosophy is common sense with big words.” These words were spoken by no other then James Madison. Madison is what we call, "The Father of the U.S. Constitution". He believed that the citizens needed to be protected from the state governments and the national government. So he created what is called the Bill of Rights. The first ten amendments were to ensure that people kept their individual rights, that power wouldn't be abused, and so more. And this is just the first ten amendments that holds so much power. If James Madison didn't come up with this plan for the citizens and people with power in the government than life wouldn't be as it would be today. Think about it.
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James Madison believed that citizens needed to be protected from the state governments and the national government. He gathered ideas from friends and documents and came up with 42 rights that needed to be protected for individuals. Madison's 42 rights were cut to 27 by the House of Representatives. Then they were cut to only 12 by the time the Senate approved them, and finally only 10 were approved by the states. These 10 rights became the first 10 amendments to the Constitution on December 15, 1791 and became known
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