#fundamental-rights

"THE CONSTITUTIONS OF MOST OF OUR STATES ASSERT THAT ALL POWER IS INHERENT IN THE PEOPLE; THAT THEY MAY EXERCISE IT BY THEMSELVES, IN ALL CASES TO WHICH THEY THINK THEMSELVES COMPETENT, (AS IN ELECTING THEIR FUNCTIONARIES EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE, AND DECIDING BY A JURY OF THEMSELVES, BOTH FACT AND LAW, IN ALL JUDICIARY CASES IN WHICH ANY FACT IS INVOLVED) OR THEY MAY ACT BY REPRESENTATIVES, FREELY AND EQUALLY CHOSEN; THAT IT IS THEIR RIGHT AND DUTY TO BE AT ALL TIMES ARMED; THAT THEY ARE ENTITLED TO FREEDOM OF PERSON; FREEDOM OF RELIGION; FREEDOM OF PROPERTY; AND FREEDOM OF THE PRESS."

Quote by Thomas Jefferson on popular sovereignty and arms

""THERE IS NOTHING SO LIKELY TO PRODUCE PEACE AS TO BE WELL PREPARED TO MEET AN ENEMY.""

Quote by George Washington on peace through preparedness

""Our Country, the United States of America, insures that each individual enjoys the maximum amount of individual liberty consistent with the safety and welfare of the Nation. Such rights and privileges, as freedom of religious worship, the right to vote, freedom of speech and the press, the right of peaceful assembly, the right to bear arms, the right to trial by jury—to mention a few of the more important—are the basic concepts upon which this Nation was founded.""

Quote by US Army Training on right to bear arms