Americans have the right and advantage of being armed – unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.
JAMES MADISONThe internal effects of a mutable policy poisons the blessings of liberty itself.
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To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea.
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The executive has no right, in any case, to decide the question, whether there is or is not cause for declaring war.
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A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained in arms, is the best most natural defense of a free country.
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The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation where the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.
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Philosophy is common sense with big words.
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To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.
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If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
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What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?
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The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.
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Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.
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America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity.
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In no instance have… the churches been guardians of the liberties of the people.
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The operations of the federal government will be most extensive and important in times of war and danger; those of the state governments, in times of peace and security.
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If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.
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The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of government hold their power, is derived.
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