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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
The Scriptures have been misused to defend bloody crusades and inquisitions; to support slavery, apartheid, and segregation; to sanction the physical and… — Mel White 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
In recent years it has been suggested that the Second Amendment protects the "collective" right of states to maintain militias, while it… — Stephen Halbrook Copy Share Image
I think we're creating a situation that's incredibly dangerous. There's a lot of chat at the moment about the war on terror… — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
The war in Afghanistan was fought for feminist reasons, and the Marines were really on this feminist mission. But today, all the… — Arundhati Roy 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
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
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
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