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…showed last 75 words of 588 total…set by several states for ratifying the inclusion of a bill of rights. Many people feared that a stronger central government might take away basic rights of the people that had been guaranteed in state establishments. If three words that begin the preamble 'We the people' were truly meant, then the rights of the people needed to be protected. By having these amendments we maintain the individual rights of the people of the United States.