After an unequivocal experience of the inefficiency of the subsisting federal government, you are called upon to deliberate on a new constitution for the united states of america. —alexander hamilton, the federalist paper 1 what is alexander hamilton saying in the quote above? a. the u. s. constitution should include protections for individual rights. b. the government under the u. s. constitution will be too strong. c. the government under the articles of confederation was inefficient. d. the articles of confederation should stay as the governing document.