""Never yield the right to possess arms, and to bear them, if necessary, in defence of your altars and your fire-sides, against domestic tyrants, as well as foreign foes: And never forget, that it will always be easier to drive a hundred legions of foreign invaders into the ocean, than to dispossess one domestic tyrant, who has become firmly seated in power, with the sword and the purse-strings at his command, and a servile majority to obey his nod.""
— Solomon Southwick
Solomon Southwick, Oration, July Fourth, 1839
Historical Significance
19th century warning that domestic tyranny is more dangerous than foreign invasion
Historical Significance
19th century warning that domestic tyranny is more dangerous than foreign invasion