"... large and permanent military establishments ... are……" — James Madison

More Bulwark Quotes

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• ...The greatest bulwark of capitalism is militarism. — Emma Goldman
• Only an armed people can be the real bulwark of popular liberty. — Vladimir Lenin
• Private property was the original source of freedom. It still is its main bulwark. — Walter Lippmann
• ...to support the Constitution, which is the cement of the Union, as well in its limitations as in its authorities;… — James Madison
• If they are incorporated into the Constitution, independent tribunals of justice will consider themselves in a peculiar manner the guardians… — James Madison
• I expect we shall be told, that the Militia of the country is its natural bulwark, and would be at… — Alexander Hamilton
• I come closer to my desk as to a bulwark against life. — Fernando Pessoa
• Democracy is still upon its trial. The civic genius of our people is its only bulwark. — William James
• It is asserted by most respectable writers upon our government, that a well-regulated militia, composed of the yeomanry of the… — John L. DeWitt
• The Founding Fathers did not believe the primary purpose of their guns was to hunt ducks, but to keep the… — John Coleman
• An armed and trained militia is the firmest bulwark of republics - that without standing armies their liberty can never… — James Madison
• The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both… — Herbert Croly

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