"Before a standing army can rule, the people
must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme
power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole
body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of
regular troops that can be, on any pretence, raised in the United States."
--Noah
Webster, An Examination of the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution,
1787
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