In compiling possible items for the Bill of Rights,James Madison proposed seventeen amendments to the Constitution.However Congress approved only twelve of these amendments,and the states,in turn,ultimately ratified only ten of the original seventeen amendments proposed by Madison.

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This statement is true. James Madison proposed seventeen amendments to the Constitution, but only twelve were approved by Congress and ultimately only ten were ratified by the states to become the Bill of Rights.

In Compiling Possible Items for the Bill of Rights,James Madison