Patrick Henry was a five-times governor of Virginia. He was an anti-federalist who opposed the creation of a strong central government. At Virginia's Ratifying Convention, June 5, 1788, he warned his fellow Virginians what the Constitution would give us:
"My great objection to this Government is, that it does not leave us the means of defending our rights, or of waging war against tyrants ... There is to be a great and mighty President, with very extensive powers -- the powers of a king ...