Militia Quotes

I'm not afraid of the press or the Militia.

— Anonymous

Hizbullah is not a militia.

— Bashar al-Assad

The United States should get rid of its militias.

— Joseph Stalin

The people have a right to keep and bear arms.

— Patrick Henry

Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves?,

— Tench Coxe

I ask you sir, who are the militia? They consist now of the whole people.

— George Mason

Know then, unnumber'd Spirits round thee fly, The light Militia of the lower sky.

— Alexander Pope

One night, militia tried to break into our home, and the exterior was riddled with bullets.

— Ilhan Omar

To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of people always possess arms...

— Richard Henry Lee

This cannot be the United States being the air force for Shia militias, or a Shia on Sunni Arab fight.

— David Petraeus

For an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.

— Thomas Jefferson

“Isn't an anti-government, patriotic militia an oxymoron?”

— Mikhayla Gracey

Until and unless we could disband these militias, this country won't be able to function properly.

— Adnan Pachachi

I am a Colorado native, and, no, I did not vote for the anti-gay amendment or the same-sex marriage ban, and I…

— Connie Willis

This [a state militia system] appears to me the only substitute that can be devised for a standing army, and the best…

— Alexander Hamilton

The militia is our ultimate safety. We can have no security without it. The great object is that every man be armed.

— Patrick Henry

The time frame is very small to disarm the militia, to bring about a security situation in which the governing council, the…

— Richard Lugar

When I joined the militia I had promised myself to kill one Fascist - after all, if each of us killed one…

— George Orwell

Are gun rights advocates arguing that roving gangs...shooting innocent bystanders constitutes a 'well-regulated militia'?

— Bill Hicks

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

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

When the resolution of enslaving America was formed in Great Britain, the British parliament was advised by an artful man [Sir William…

— George Mason

Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme…

— Noah Webster

Laws that forbid the carrying of arms . . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes…

— Thomas Jefferson

The National Rifle Association is always arguing that the Second Amendment determines the right to bear arms. But I think it really…

— Robert Bork

Away with your president! We shall have a king... the army will salute him as monarch; your militia will leave you and…

— Patrick Henry

During the first two months of the war it was the Anarchists more than anyone else who had saved the situation, and…

— George Orwell

Just able barely to mount a horse and ride about a little in the spring of 1866, my life was threatened daily,…

— Jesse James

When the East Timor conflict broke out, when they gained independence, the militia killed a lot of East Timorese people. And their…

— Steve Irwin

I am for relying for internal defense on our militia solely till actual invasion, and for such a naval force only as…

— Thomas Jefferson

It is not certain that with this aid alone [possession of arms], they would not be able to shake off their yokes.…

— James Madison

“militia. As they passed a field of broom-corn several men suddenly disappeared, their swift course through the cane being easily followed by…

— George W. Cable

The economy - once a great scatter of small productive units in autonomous balance, has become dominated by two or three hundred…

— C. Wright Mills

First, the constitution ought to secure a genuine and guard against a select militia, by providing that the militia shall always be…

— Patrick Henry

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

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

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

Mammary militia breast feeding en masse in Costa. Puts one off their latte.

— Katie Hopkins

To disarm the people... was the best and most effectual way to enslave them.

— George Mason

The most effective way to find ourselves enslaved will not be done openly. If weakened we will sink gradually. I ask, who…

— Thomas Jefferson