Today we need a nation of minutemen; citizens who are not only prepared to take up

arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as a basic purpose of their
daily life and who are willing to consciously work and sacrifice for that freedom.
ohn !. "ennedy
The ultimate authority resides in the people, and that if the federal government got too
powerful and overstepped its authority, then the people would develop plans of resistance
and resort to arms. ames #adison
$%f you have given up your militia, and &ongress shall refuse to arm them, you
have lost every thing. 'our e(istence will be precarious, because you depend on
others, whose interests are not affected by your infelicity.$ )atrick *enry
%t is always dangerous to the liberties of the people to have an army stationed
among them, over which they have no control ... The #ilitia is composed of free
&itizens. There is therefore no danger of their making use of their )ower to the
destruction of their own +ights, or suffering others to invade them.. ,amuel
-dams
$%f the representatives of the people betray their constituents, there is then no recourse left
but in the e(ertion of that original right of self.defense...$ -le(ander *amilton
To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms
and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them. +ichard *enry /ee
... the &onstitution does not say 0overnment shall decree the right to keep and bear
arms. The &onstitution says 1The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be
infringed.. +onald +eagan
-rms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the
world as well as property... *orrid mischief would ensue were the law.abiding deprived
of the use of them. Thomas )aine
-rms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the
world as well as property... *orrid mischief would ensue were the law.abiding deprived
of the use of them. Thomas )aine
$- free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient
arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt
to abuse them, which would include their own government. 0eorge 2ashington
$This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. 2henever they
shall grow weary of the e(isting government, they can e(ercise their constitutional right
of amending it, or e(ercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it. -braham /incoln
$&ongress have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible
implement of the soldier, are the birth.right of an -merican. . . The unlimited power of
the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state governments, but, where % trust
in 0od it will ever remain, in the hands of the people. Tench &o(e
$The &onstitution preserves the advantage of being armed which -mericans possess over
the people of almost every other nation, where the 0overnment are afraid to trust their
people with arms.$ ohn -dams
$2hat, ,ir, is the use of a militia3 %t is to prevent the establishment of a standing army,
the bane of liberty. . . 2henever 0overnments mean to invade the rights and liberties of
the people, they always attempt to destroy the militia, in order to raise an army upon their
ruins.$ 4lbridge 0erry
%t is always dangerous to the liberties of the people to have an army stationed among
them, over which they have no control ... The #ilitia is composed of free &itizens. There
is therefore no danger of their making use of their )ower to the destruction of their own
+ights, or suffering others to invade them.. ,amuel -dams
$%f the representatives of the people betray their constituents, there is then no recourse left
but in the e(ertion of that original right of self.defense...$ -le(ander *amilton
$That the people have a +ight to mass and to bear arms; that a well regulated militia
composed of the 5ody of the people, trained to arms, is the proper natural and safe
defense of a free ,tate...$ 0eorge #ason
To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms
and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them. +ichard *enry /ee
-rms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the
world as well as property... *orrid mischief would ensue were the law.abiding deprived
of the use of them. Thomas )aine
Today we need a nation of minutemen; citizens who are not only prepared to take up
arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as a basic purpose of their
daily life and who are willing to consciously work and sacrifice for that freedom.
ohn !. "ennedy
The ultimate authority resides in the people, and that if the federal government got too
powerful and overstepped its authority, then the people would develop plans of resistance
and resort to arms. ames #adison