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Who argued that "A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular, and what no just government should refuse or rest on inference"?Multiple choice question.George WashingtonThomas JeffersonJames MadisonJohn Adams

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Who argued that "A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular, and what no just government should refuse or rest on inference"?Multiple choice question.George WashingtonThomas JeffersonJames MadisonJohn Adams

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Thomas Jefferson

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