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If Parliament may take from me one shilling in the pound, what security have I for the other nineteen?
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A militia, when properly formed, are in fact the people themselves... and include all men capable of bearing arms.
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It must never be forgotten...that the liberties of the people are not so safe under the gracious manner of government as by…
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It is certainly true that a popular government cannot flourish without virtue in the people.
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To say that a bad government must be established for fear of anarchy is really saying that we should kill ourselves for…
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Militias, when properly formed, are in fact the people themselves and include all men capable of bearing arms. [...] To preserve liberty…
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The constitution ought to secure a genuine militia and guard against a select militia. ...All regulations tending to render this general militia…
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To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of people always possess arms...
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The first maxim of a man who loves liberty, should be never to grant to rulers an atom of power that is…
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Whereas, to preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially…
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So far as this has gone, I am satisfied to see a spirit prevailing that promises to send the system out free…
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Christianity, by introducing into Europe the truest principles of humanity, universal benevolence, and brotherly love, had happily abolished civil slavery. Let us…
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No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises…
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[T]he Constitution ought to be the standard of construction for the laws, and that wherever there is an evident opposition, the laws…
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The interpretation of the laws is the proper and peculiar province of the courts. A constitution is, in fact, and must be…
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The constitution ought to secure a genuine militia and guard against a select militia. ...All regulations tending to render this general militia…
— Richard Henry Lee
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The aspirations and expectations of a virtuous people, environed with so wise, so liberal, so deep, so broad, and so high a…
— Joseph Smith, Jr.
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The constitution ought to specifically state that every nation is left entirely independent and supreme in its internal affairs, such as regulating…
— George William Norris
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A constitution is, in fact, and must be regarded by judges, as a fundamental law. It therefore belongs to them to ascertain…
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