Madison and De Tocqueville Both Believed That Voluntary Groups ______

Madison and de Tocqueville both believed that voluntary groups ______.

A) threatened democracy and should be prohibited
B) despite the risks, were essential to an egalitarian social and political system
C) were unlikely to form in a republic
D) were a nuisance; placing the right to assemble in the Constitution had been a mistake because it led to the establishment of so many interest groups