"This Constitution is said to have beautiful features, but . . . they appear to me horribly frightful. . . . Your President may become king . . . If your American chief be a man of ambition and abilities, how easy is it for him to render himself absolute!"
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Responses
a president needs to be ambitious to succeed in office
a president needs to be ambitious to succeed in office
the Constitution HAS established a monarchy
the Constitution HAS established a monarchy
the president has too much power and COULD start abusing it
the president has too much power and COULD start abusing it
the Constitution establishes a weak central government
the Constitution establishes a weak central government
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The concern that Patrick Henry is expressing is:
the president has too much power and COULD start abusing it.
He is worried that an ambitious and capable president could potentially become absolute in power, threatening the freedoms and rights of the people.
