Best Militia Quotes
91 Militia quotes by 60 unique authors
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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 when young, how…
— Richard Henry Lee
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All the people constitute the militia - according to the Founding Fathers. Therefore every able-bodied man has a duty under the Constitution to become part…
— Jeff Cooper
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It is asserted by most respectable writers upon our government, that a well-regulated militia, composed of the yeomanry of the country, have ever been considered…
— John L. DeWitt
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What's curious about the left's current obsession with Timothy McVeigh is that it proves that - despite a frantic search for 15 years - liberals…
— Ann Coulter
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The Scriptures have been misused to defend bloody crusades and inquisitions; to support slavery, apartheid, and segregation; to sanction the physical and emotional abuse of…
— Mel White
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Such are a well regulated militia, composed of the freeholders, citizen and husbandman, who take up arms to preserve their property, as individuals, and their…
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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In recent years it has been suggested that the Second Amendment protects the "collective" right of states to maintain militias, while it does not protect…
— Stephen Halbrook
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The President, and government, will only control the militia when a part of them is in the actual service of the federal government, else, they…
— Alexander Hamilton
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The militia is a voluntary force not associated or under the control of the States except when called out; [ when called into actual service]…
— Alexander Hamilton
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An armed and trained militia is the firmest bulwark of republics - that without standing armies their liberty can never be in danger, nor with…
— James Madison
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Have we the means of resisting disciplined armies, when our only defense, the militia, is put in the hands of Congress? Of what service would…
— Patrick Henry
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In its proper constitutional sense, the term [militia] means all the able-bodied people who can be trained and disciplined to act in the community’s defence…
— Alan Keyes
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Are gun rights advocates arguing that roving gangs...shooting innocent bystanders constitutes a 'well-regulated militia'?
— Bill Hicks
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I am a Colorado native, and, no, I did not vote for the anti-gay amendment or the same-sex marriage ban, and I am not a…
— Connie Willis
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The militia is the natural defense of a free country against sudden foreign invasions, domestic insurrections, and domestic usurpation of power by rulers. The right…
— Joseph Story
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Oklahoma City bombing was done on purpose. Did you know the Federal Government blew up their own building to blame it on the militias and…
— Kent Hovind
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Secondly, the Government of Sudan should commit to the disarmament and control of the Janjaweed militia and ensure that the targeting of civilians ceases immediately.
— Jan Egeland
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There is no personal right to be armed for private purposes unrelated to the service in a well regulated militia.
— Sarah Brady
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Who are the militia? They consist now of the whole people, except a few public officers. But I cannot say who will be the militia…
— George Mason
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Who are the militia, if they be not the people of this country...? I ask, who are the militia? They consist of now of the…
— George Mason
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The militia, who are in fact the effective part of the people at large, will render many troops quite unecessary. They will form a powerful…
— Tench Coxe
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An efficient militia is authorized and contemplated by the Constitution and required by the spirit and safety of free government.
— James Madison
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Violence has been a necessary component of every serious liberation struggle...Violence is not the only path to liberation, but likely an indispensable one...the Press Office…
— Jerry Vlasak
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You, O Books, are the golden vessels of the temple, the arms of the clerical militia with which the missiles of the most wicked are…
— Richard de Bury
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To place any dependence upon Militia, is, assuredly, resting upon a broken staff ... If I was called upon to declare upon Oath , whether…
— George Washington
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