b. if you were an anti-federalist, you would use the quote to support your argument that a confederation of sovereign states is the best form of government.
Explanation:
Anti-federalists were those who opposed the ratification of the Constitution. Anti-federalists believed that the Constitution gave too much power to the centralized, federal government. They were worried about the fact that such a centralized government might be able to hold too much power, weakening the autonomy of the states. They would most likely agree with this statement, as the statement says that those who hold power should always be mistrusted.
An example of context is the words that surround the word "read" that help the reader determine the tense of the word. An example of context is the history surrounding the story of Shakespeare's King Henry IV.
