Because their government want all the power and they do not what to share the power with the people to give them a voice/voting
Ultimately, Henry and Mason prevailed, and the Eighth Amendment was adopted. James Madison changed "ought" to "shall", when he proposed the amendment to Congress in 1789.
The classical cultures of the Greek and the Romans are mainly focused on humanism in which the main focus is on the capabilities of a human, and not in any supernatural being. These principles were then applied during the period of Renaissance by prominent artists Leonardo da Vinci and many others.