Question 2 of 10 Men when they enter into society, yield up a part of their
natural liberty, for the sake of being protected by
government. If they yield up all their natural rights they are
absolute slaves to their governors. If they yield up less than
is necessary, the government is so feeble, that it cannot
protect them. To yield up so much, as is necessary for the
purposes of government; and to retain all beyond what is
necessary, is the great point, which ought, if possible, to be
attained in the formation of a constitution. ... To define
what portion of natural liberty, the subject shall at the
time be entitled to retain, is one great end of a bill of rights.
... Without such a bill of rights, firmly securing the
privileges of the subject, the government is always in
danger of degenerating into tyranny?
What important Anti-Federalist idea is expressed in this excerpt from the Anti-
Federalist Papers?