I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people except for a few public officials. — George Mason Copy Share Image
Mammary militia breast feeding en masse in Costa. Puts one off their latte. — Katie Hopkins Copy Share Image
Arms, like laws, discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe and preserve order... — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
To disarm the people... was the best and most effectual way to enslave them. — George Mason Copy Share Image
The whole proletariat must be armed at once with muskets, rifles, cannon and ammunition, and the revival of the old-style citizens militia,… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
Have we the means of resisting disciplined armies, when our only defence, the militia, is put in the hands of Congress? — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained in arms, is the best most natural defense of a… — James Madison Copy Share Image
In a militia, the character of the laborer, artificer, or tradesman, predominates over that of the soldier: in a standing army, that… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
When I joined the militia I had promised myself to kill one Fascist - after all, if each of us killed one… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The time frame is very small to disarm the militia, to bring about a security situation in which the governing council, the… — Richard Lugar Copy Share Image
The serious crimes by the Sudanese government and the government-supported militias must be met with serious consequences. We must work for tough… — Allyson Schwartz Copy Share Image
The Second Amendment is, of course, very much part of the American fabric. But the intent of the founders was that the… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
When the East Timor conflict broke out, when they gained independence, the militia killed a lot of East Timorese people. And their… — Steve Irwin Copy Share Image
A well-regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defense of a… — George Mason Copy Share Image
If the guy out in the woods with the Michigan Militia is a real estate negotiator, instead of some crackpot, and has… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
Have we the means of resisting disciplined armies, when our only defense, the militia, is put in the hands of Congress? Of… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
The militia, who are in fact the effective part of the people at large, will render many troops quite unecessary. They will… — Tench Coxe Copy Share Image
I don’t think there is any mystery to understanding the passionate feelings people have for guns. Nobody really believes it’s about maintaining… — Alec Wilkinson Copy Share Image
Iran, as we have already discussed, has carried out very, very harmful activities inside Iraq. Funding, trainings, arming and, in some cases,… — David Petraeus Copy Share Image
So here's a question from one who believed, only a week ago, that Baghdad might just collapse and that we might wake… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
Ten thousand times has the labor movement stumbled and bruised itself. We have been enjoined by the courts, assaulted by thugs, charged… — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share Image
We're supposed to forget whatever happened in the past because 9/11 is where history begins. Okay, since 2001, how many wars have… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
To suppose arms in the hands of citizens, to be used at individual discretion, except in private self-defense, or by partial orders… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Today, we will hear from federal law enforcement agencies, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and… — James Inhofe Copy Share Image
The war in Yemen is not a war that we wanted. We had no other option - there was a radical militia… — Adel al-Jubeir Copy Share Image
It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“In December 1776, some 600 Northampton militiamen marched to help defend Philadelphia from the British Army. But when these sometime soldiers experienced… — Francis Fox Copy Share Image
Are gun rights advocates arguing that roving gangs...shooting innocent bystanders constitutes a 'well-regulated militia'? — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
By the last returns to the Department of War the militia force of the several States may be estimated at 800,000 men… — James Monroe Copy Share Image
A 'well regulated militia' was thus one that was well-trained and equipped, not one that was 'well-regulated' in the modern sense of… — Glenn Reynolds Copy Share Image
The most effective way to find ourselves enslaved will not be done openly. If weakened we will sink gradually. I ask, who… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Laws that forbid the carrying of arms disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
...that standing army can never be formidable (threatening) to the liberties of the people, while there is a large body of citizens,… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The argument that today's National Guardsmen, members of a select militia, would constitute the only persons entitled to keep and bear arms… — Joyce Lee Malcolm Copy Share Image
An armed and trained militia is the firmest bulwark of republics - that without standing armies their liberty can never be in… — James Madison Copy Share Image
An efficient militia is authorized and contemplated by the Constitution and required by the spirit and safety of free government. — James Madison Copy Share Image
The National Guard fulfills the militia mentioned in the Second amendment. Citizens no longer need to protect the states or themselves. — Dianne Feinstein Copy Share Image
... large and permanent military establishments ... are forbidden by the principles of free government, and against the necessity of which the… — James Madison Copy Share Image
