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""BEFORE A STANDING ARMY CAN RULE, THE PEOPLE MUST BE DISARMED; AS THEY ARE IN ALMOST EVERY KINGDOM OF EUROPE. THE SUPREME POWER IN AMERICA CANNOT ENFORCE UNJUST LAWS BY THE SWORD; BECAUSE THE WHOLE BODY OF THE PEOPLE ARE ARMED, AND CONSTITUTE A FORCE SUPERIOR TO ANY BAND OF REGULAR TROOPS THAT CAN BE, ON ANY PRETENCE, RAISED IN THE UNITED STATES.""
— Noah Webster
Noah Webster - Constitutional Commentary
Quote by Noah Webster on armed citizenry vs standing army
""[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.""
— James Madison
James Madison, The Federalist Papers, No. 46
Quote by James Madison on armed americans vs governments
""In both New-England, and New-York, every man is permitted, and in some, if not all the States, is required to possess fire arms. To trust arms in the hands of the people at large has, in Europe, been believed, and so far as I am informed universally, to be an experiment, fraught only with danger. Here by a long trial it has been proved to be perfectly harmless: neither public nor private evils having ever flowed from this source, except in instances of too little moment to deserve any serious regard.""
— Timothy Dwight
Timothy Dwight, S.T.D. LL.D. (Late President Of Yale College), Travels In New-England And New-York, 1821
Quote by Timothy Dwight on new england arms experience
""Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom in Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed.""
— House Debate #2: Individual Arms
House of Representatives debate, 1789
Quote by House Debate #2: Individual Arms on quote
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