Episode 15: The Federalist Papers, Part 4: Thoughts on Bills of Rights & Concluding Remarks (Nos. 84 & 85)
In this episode of Creating America, host and narrator Will Sarris presents dramatic readings of Federalist Papers No. 84 and No. 85, written by Alexander Hamilton during the debate over ratifying the United States Constitution.
These concluding essays tackle some of the most enduring questions in American history:
Does the Constitution need a Bill of Rights?
Can liberty be preserved without explicitly listing freedoms?
Why was ratification urgent for the survival of the Union?
In Federalist No. 84, Hamilton argues that a Bill of Rights may be unnecessary—and even dangerous—within a…
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