Alexander Hamilton Quote - Liberty Quotes Blog

"The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed."

by:	Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804) American statesman, Secretary of the Treasury
Source:	The Federalist Papers at 184-188
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Categories:	Arms, Constitution, Defense, Disarmament, Guns, Independence, Individual Rights, Militia, Responsibility
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Right on. -- G�l�k Zolt�n Leenderdt Franco Buday, Vancouver, GVRD(Paine Cnty), Coastal Lwr Mainland BC(State of Neo Sumer), U.S. of Eh! 3
Very nice,I liked it a lot,keep them coming! -- Catherine., L.B.Ca. 3
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Amen -- Anonymous, Raleigh, NC 2
A hope that each individual would recognize their personal scope of inalienable sovereign right(s) (outside corporeal man's purview and limitation). When such people at large would unite for a personal / communal defense (each brother being his brother's keeper) such as in a setting of militia, the nomenclature of "properly armed" would be in the setting: "well regulated". -- Mike, Norwalk 3
Virtue makes the defining difference. Sovereign Individuals, constrained by Virtue, necessarily value and retain their inherent rights, and freely exercise them in individual or, in free association, corporate self defense. -- Patrick Henry, Red Hill 3
-- Ronw13, OR
-- robert, somewhere inthe USA
Robert, I'd like to know what has changed your mind about personal ownership of arms. You mentioned in a previous post that you now have a concealed carry permit. For the last few years you have been on the other side of the argument. What has changed your mind? -- E Archer, NYC
-- E Archer, NYC