Quote #32

Americans need never fear their government because of the advantage of (the States) being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation.

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  1. A people armed and free forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition and is a bulwark for the nation against foreign invasion and do…
  2. History records that the money changers have used every form of abuse, intrigue, deceit, and violent means possible to maintain their contr…
  3. I always talk better lying down.
  4. If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.
  5. If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government wo…
  6. All men having power ought to be mistrusted.
  7. The legislative department is everywhere extending the sphere of its activity and drawing all power into its impetuous vortex.
  8. If man is not fit to govern himself, how can he be fit to govern someone else?

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