What, sir, is the use of a militia? It is to prevent the establishment of a standing army, the bane of liberty… — Elbridge Gerry Copy Share Image
Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? Is it feared, then, that we shall turn our arms each man gainst his… — Tench Coxe Copy Share Image
Militias, when properly formed, are in fact the people themselves and include all men capable of bearing arms. [...] To preserve liberty… — Richard Henry Lee Copy Share Image
The thing about collaborators is that you don't know you are one whereas as a member of the resistance, you do. [In… — Paul Virilio Copy Share Image
Right, because they're looking at also organizing the Sunni tribes up around Mosul to take back that city as well. That's the… — Tom Bowman Copy Share Image
There is more hooey spread about the Second Amendment. It says quite clearly that guns are for those who form part of… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
What is wanted is men of principle, who recognize a higher law than the decision of the majority. The marines and the… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Historically, the new government had no money to pay for an army, so they relied on the state militias. And the states… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
...to support the Constitution, which is the cement of the Union, as well in its limitations as in its authorities; to respect… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“The profilers’ plan to coax me out of the woods resembled a comedy skit. During their search of my Cane Creek trailer,… — Eric Rudolph Copy Share Image
The militia is the natural defense of a free country against sudden foreign invasions, domestic insurrections, and domestic usurpations of power by… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
In my view, nobody is really effective in tackling those organized crime networks that are making connections from Africa to Asia to… — Allen Crawford Copy Share Image
The Western concept of democracy is based on the idea that the loser of an election has the possibility next time round… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
“In theory at any rate each militia was a democracy and not a hierarchy . It was understood that orders had to… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“The militia of which the Second Amendment speaks is not the National Guard, but the assembly of patriots who are willing to… — Scottie Nell Hughes Copy Share Image
A Manhattan lawyer who describes himself as "America's leading expert on the militia movement" writes that he hugged his three-year-old kid the… — Jim Goad Copy Share Image
It is always dangerous to the liberties of the people to have an army stationed among them, over which they have no… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
One finds fortunes built on slave labor, indentured labor, prison labor, immigrant labor, female labor, child labor, and scab labor - backed… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation, the existence of subordinate… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The militia is a voluntary force not associated or under the control of the States except when called out; [ when called… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
“I only wish the NRA and its jellyfish, well-paid supporters in legislatures both State and Federal would be careful to recite the… — Kurt Vonnegut Jr Copy Share Image
To place any dependence upon Militia, is, assuredly, resting upon a broken staff ... If I was called upon to declare upon… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Hezbollah and the government are only two of 18 political factions in Lebanon, most of them armed. There are militant Christian groups,… — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
Fourteen-year-old boys are not part of a well-regulated militia. Members of wacky religious cults are not part of a well-regulated militia. Permitting… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Wherever standing armies are kept up, and when the right of the people to keep and bear arms is, under any color… — St. George Tucker Copy Share Image
Well, no one knows for sure. There are now two competing governments and various armed militias, tribes and clans. Secretary John Kerry… — Tom Bowman Copy Share Image
What's curious about the left's current obsession with Timothy McVeigh is that it proves that - despite a frantic search for 15… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
The purpose of the right to bear arms is twofold; to allow individuals to protect themselves and their families, and to ensure… — Glenn Reynolds Copy Share Image
How can a country be home to sectarian militias and yet also to people who are educated, sophisticated, and pluralistic? This is… — Annia Ciezadlo 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… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
You, O Books, are the golden vessels of the temple, the arms of the clerical militia with which the missiles of the… — Richard de Bury Copy Share Image
The Second Amendment, like the rest of the Bill of Rights, was meant to inhibit only the federal government, not the states.… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
To place any dependence upon militia is assuredly resting upon a broken staff. Men just dragged from the tender scenes of domestic… — George Washington Copy Share Image
We remember the specter of sectarian violence -- al Qaeda's attacks on mosques and pilgrims, militias that carried out campaigns of intimidation… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Moammar Gadhafi and the revolt against Gadhafi was not started by the United States. It was started by the Libyan people. And… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
[W]hen the resolution of enslaving America was formed in Great Britain, the British Parliament was advised by an artful man, who was… — George Mason Copy Share Image
It would also be strange to find in the midst of a catalog of the rights of individuals a provision securing to… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
“That the people have a Right to mass and to bear arms; that a well-regulated militia composed of the Body of the… — Mark Goodwin Copy Share Image
The main mineral in your cellphone, coltan [a black metallic ore], comes from the Eastern Congo. Multinational corporations are there exploiting the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
All the people constitute the militia - according to the Founding Fathers. Therefore every able-bodied man has a duty under the Constitution… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
![“Militias, when properly formed, are in fact the people themselves and include all men capable of bearing arms. [...] To preserve liberty it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them.” quote by Richard Henry Lee](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/4cf/richard-henry-lee-32108_2-amendment_militias-when-properly-formed-are-in-fac_1843730.jpg)
![“The thing about collaborators is that you don't know you are one whereas as a member of the resistance, you do. [In WWII,] the worst cases of collaboration weren't among the real collaborators, that official militia, but among the people at large, who were collaborators without knowing it, by a…” quote by Paul Virilio](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/46f/paul-virilio-2130_apathy_the-thing-about-collaborators-is-that-yo_2238650.png)
![“The militia is a voluntary force not associated or under the control of the States except when called out; [ when called into actual service] a permanent or long standing force would be entirely different in make-up and call.” quote by Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/258/alexander-hamilton-619_amendment_the-militia-is-a-voluntary-force-not-ass_442356.jpg)
![“[W]hen the resolution of enslaving America was formed in Great Britain, the British Parliament was advised by an artful man, who was governor of Pennsylvania, to disarm the people; that it was the best and most effectual way to enslave them; but that they should not do it openly, but weaken them…” quote by George Mason](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/652/george-mason-8435_america_w-hen-the-resolution-of-enslaving-americ_2429550.jpg)
![“The main mineral in your cellphone, coltan [a black metallic ore], comes from the Eastern Congo. Multinational corporations are there exploiting the very rich mineral resources of the region. A lot of them are backing militias which are fighting one other to gain control of the resources or a…” quote by Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/e48/noam-chomsky-42_black_the-main-mineral-in-your-cellphone-colta_1664171.jpg)
