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  This was the object of the Declaration of Independence. -- Thomas Jefferso...
• Men trained in arms from their infancy, and animated by the love of liberty, will afford neither a cheap or easy conquest.
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• By calling attention to 'a well regulated militia'
  he 'security' of the nation, and the right of each citizen 'to keep and bear arms', our founding fathers recognized the essentially civilian nature of our economy....
• We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honour.
  -- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) -- Declaration of Independence...
• All perfect republics are perfect nonsense. The craving to risk death is our last great perversion.
  We come from night, we go into night. Why live in night? -- John Fowles, The Magu...
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• Wake up all you citizens, hear your country's call, Not to arms and violence, But peace for one and all.
  Crush out hate and prejudice, fear and greed and sin, Help bring back her dignity, restore her faith again....
• We dare not tempt them with weakness. For only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never be employed.
  -- John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963), (from his Inaugural Address)...