2 amendment Quote by Alexander Hamilton

A standing army, however necessary it may be at some times, is always dangerous to the liberties of the people. Such power should be…

— Samuel Adams

If circumstances should at any time oblige the government to form an army of any magnitude, that army can never be formidable to the…

— Alexander Hamilton

That the people have a Right to mass and to bear arms; that a well regulated militia composed of the Body of the people,…

— George Mason

The Constitutional Convention debated whether America should even have a standing army. ... They worried that a powerful military could rival civilian government for…

— Rachel Maddow

A standing army is like a standing member. It's an excellent assurance of domestic tranquility, but a dangerous temptation to foreign adventure.

— Elbridge Gerry

An armed and trained militia is the firmest bulwark of republics - that without standing armies their liberty can never be in danger, nor…

— James Madison

A standing army is one of the greatest mischief that can possibly happen.

— James Madison

It is always dangerous to the liberties of the people to have an army stationed among them, over which they have no control ...…

— Samuel Adams

Those who have the command of the arms in a country are masters of the state, and have it in their power to make…

— Aristotle

I am not one of those who believe that a great standing army is the means of maintaining peace, because if you build up…

— Woodrow Wilson

Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every country in Europe.

— Noah Webster

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

— Noah Webster