Who are the militia, if they be not the people, of this country...? I ask who are the militia? They consist now… — George Mason Copy Share Image
The fundamental law of the militia is, that it be created, directed and commanded by the laws, and ever for the support… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Little more can reasonably be aimed at with respect to the people at large than to have them properly armed. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
“A well-regulated militia,” Bode added, “like they talk about in the Second Amendment.” “Oh,” said Shiner. He hadn’t read the first one… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
The birthers, the fanatics, the people running around in right-wing militia and Aryan support groups, it is unbearable to them that President… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
As civil rulers, not having their duty to the people duly before them, may attempt to tyrannize,... The people are confirmed by… — Tench Coxe Copy Share Image
A militia, when properly formed, are in fact the people themselves... and include all men capable of bearing arms. — Richard Henry Lee Copy Share Image
The Second Amendment has a preamble about the need for a militia. Because there is a need for a militia to be… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg 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
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
Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
When the resolution of enslaving America was formed in Great Britain, the British parliament was advised by an artful man [Sir William… — George Mason Copy Share Image
Just able barely to mount a horse and ride about a little in the spring of 1866, my life was threatened daily,… — Jesse James Copy Share Image
During the first two months of the war it was the Anarchists more than anyone else who had saved the situation, and… — George Orwell 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
“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
...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 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
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
By calling attention to 'a well regulated militia,' 'the security of the nation,' and the right of each citizen 'to keep and… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered as the palladium of the liberties of a… — Joseph Story 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
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
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
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
Secondly, the Government of Sudan should commit to the disarmament and control of the Janjaweed militia and ensure that the targeting of… — Jan Egeland 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
... 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
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
Some media outlets refer to 'protesters' and 'militia members,' not 'terrorists,' even though armed antigovernment extremists seizing federal property and expressing a… — Ibrahim Hooper Copy Share Image
Away with your president! We shall have a king... the army will salute him as monarch; your militia will leave you and… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
The National Rifle Association is always arguing that the Second Amendment determines the right to bear arms. But I think it really… — Robert Bork 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
Laws that forbid the carrying of arms . . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
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