"To disarm the people... was the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
-- George Mason, speech of June 14, 1788
-- George Mason, speech of June 14, 1788
Related:
- To disarm the people - that was the best and most effective way
to enslave them .
George Mason ( Framer of the Declaration of Rights... - The great object is, that every man be armed. [...]
Every one who is able may have a gun."
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Patrick Henry, speech of June 14... - To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.
George Washington (1732-1799) -- Speech to both Houses... - To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving
peace.
George Washington (1732... - Are we at last brought to such a humiliating and debasing degradation,
that we cannot be trusted with arms for our own defence... - The best way to get and keep good people is to give
them room to grow... - Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one
who approaches that jewel.
Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright... - I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people,
except for a few public officials. -- George... - The militia of these free commonwealths, entitled and accustomed
to their arms,
when compared with any possible army, must be _tremendous...
From the same category:
- This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it.
Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government... - I got a new shadow. I had to get rid of the other one -
it wasn't doing what I was doing. -- Stephen... - I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.
Thomas... - He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my
contempt.
He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for... - In school, every period ends with a bell. Every sentence ends
with a period.
Every crime ends with a sentence. -- Stephen...
