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Quote from Richard Henry Lee,


"A militia, when properly formed, are in fact the people  themselves...and include all men capable of bearing arms."



By:

Richard Henry Lee (more quotes by Richard Henry Lee or books by/about Richard Henry Lee)


(1732-1794) Founding Father

Source:

Additional Letters from the Federal Framer (1788) at p. 169

Categories:

Arms, Militia

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