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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (33562)7/6/2008 9:19:54 PM
From: ManyMoose  Respond to of 224755
 
Noah Webster:

"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, and constitute a force superior to any bands of regular troops that can be, on any pretense, raised in the United States."



To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (33562)7/6/2008 9:22:08 PM
From: ManyMoose  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 224755
 
John Adams:

"Arms in the hands of citizens [may] be used at individual discretion... in private self-defense."