Quotes About Militia

The very idea of militia comprises a far greater danger to society than any single criminal or gang. It paves the way for lynch mentality and arbitrary administration of justice. It throws the protective mechanism of society out of gear.

Everyone knows they all belong to the Liberation Militia and all they do is cause trouble and commit crimes and stuff like that …

From being the permanent militia of the Christian world, they had become the permanent bankers of Church and King. To have many debtors is to have many enemies.

It is in no small part to Henry's resistance that the Constitution owes the Second Amendment in particular—the one that promises "the right to keep and bear arms" in order to have "a wellregulated militia"—and it too was, in part, about slavery, because in the South, the militia was understood to be identical with the slave patrols that were constantly on guard.

The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able may have a gun.