Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [21-40] of 91 Militia quotesMilitia QuotesMilitia Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes If the representatives of the people betray their constituents, there is then no recourse left but in the exertion of that original right of self-defense...~ Alexander Hamilton The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.~ Alexander Hamilton To judge from the history of mankind, we shall be compelled to conclude, that the fiery and destructive passions of war, reign in the human breast, with much more powerful sway, than the mild and beneficent sentiments of peace; and, that to model our political systems upon speculations of lasting tranquility, is to calculate on the weaker springs of the human character.~ Alexander Hamilton The thought that average citizens will somehow be better able to successfully defend themselves more effectively than our nation's trained professionals is absurd.~ Handgun Control, Inc. Place your clothes and weapons where you can find them in the dark.~ Robert A. Heinlein ...The purpose of the 2nd Amendment is to guarantee the existence of state military forces that can serve as a counterweight to a standing federal army. Thus, it seems fair to say, the scope of any rights enjoyed by the states under the 2nd Amendment would be determined by the goal of preserving an independent military force not under direct federal control.~ Dennis Hennigan The great object is, that every man be armed.~ Patrick Henry Are we at last brought to such a humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our own defence? Where is the difference between having our arms in our own possession and under our own direction, and having them under the management of Congress? If our defence be the_real_object of having those arms, in whose hands can they be trusted with more propriety, or equal safety to us, as in our own hands?~ Patrick Henry Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined.... O sir, we should have fine times, indeed, if to punish tyrants, it were only sufficient to assemble the people!~ Patrick Henry Are we at last brought to such an humiliating and debasing degradation that we cannot be trusted with arms for our own defense? Where is the difference between having our arms under our own possession and under our own direction, and having them under the management of Congress? If our defense be the real object of having those arms, in whose hands can they be trusted with more propriety, or equal safety to us, as in our own hands?~ Patrick Henry The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able may have a gun.~ Patrick Henry Have we the means of resisting disciplined armies, when our only defence, the militia, is put in the hands of Congress?~ Patrick Henry The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to permit the conquered Eastern peoples to have arms. History teaches that all conquerors who have allowed their subject races to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by doing so. Indeed I would go so far as to say that the underdog is a sine qua non for the overthrow of any sovereignty. So let's not have any native militia or police. German troops alone will bear the sole responsibility for the maintenance of law and order.~ Adolf Hitler The enemies of freedom do not argue; they shout and they shoot.~ William Ralph Inge It is not the function of the government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error.~ Justice Robert H. Jackson The patriot volunteer, fighting for country and his rights, makes the most reliable soldier on earth.~ Thomas J. Jackson For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well organized and armed militia is their best security.~ Thomas Jefferson With respect to the new Government, nine or ten States will probably have accepted by the end of this month. The others may oppose it. Virginia, I think, will be of this number. Besides other objections of less moment, she [Virginia] will insist on annexing a bill of rights to the new Constitution, i.e. a bill wherein the Government shall declare that, 1. Religion shall be free; 2. Printing presses free; 3. Trials by jury preserved in all cases; 4. No monopolies in commerce; 5. No standing army. Upon receiving this bill of rights, she will probably depart from her other objections; and this bill is so much to the interest of all the States, that I presume they will offer it, and thus our Constitution be amended, and our Union closed by the end of the present year.~ Thomas Jefferson What country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from time to time that this people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms.~ Thomas Jefferson I consider trial by jury as the only anchor yet devised by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution.~ Thomas Jefferson Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print