Tench Coxe Quote

"The militia, who are in fact the effective part of the people at large, will render many troops quite unnecessary. They will form a powerful check upon the regular troops, and will generally be sufficient to over-awe them"

by:	Tench Coxe (1755-1824) American political economist
Source:	An American Citizen IV, October 21, 1787
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Categories:	Militia, America
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-- Allen, DC
-- J Carlton, Calgary
-- jim k, Austin, Tx
history proven once again  -- Mike, Norwalk
whose mililtia? where the militia? the public is going to overawe our hundreds of thousand servicemen and women??? what century are you living in?  -- dick, fort worth      1
The people at large are the militia, dick. Yes, even you are expected to answer the call to arms when our liberties are being attacked.  -- E Archer, NYC      1
Hey Dick....the states of Wisconsin, Minnesota, W. Virginia and Pennsylvania alone issued 2.7 million deer tags last fall. That's just a "couple" of scoped rifles kicking around, don't ya think? And what makes you think our friends and neighbors in the military would be a threat to us anyway? It's DC that better be concerned...  -- J Carlton, Calgary      1
-- Ronw13, ID

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