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I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent a...more

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The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation where the governments are...more

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A well-instructed people alone can be permanently a free people.

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To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea.

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It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or s...more

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The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of governm...more

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A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained in arms, is the best most natural defense of a free country.

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In framing a government, which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty is this: You must first enable the government to control th...more