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"If the representatives of the people betray their constituents, there is then no resource left but in the exertion of that original right of self-defense which is paramount to all positive forms of government . . . The citizens must rush tumultuously to arms..."
- Alexander Hamilton, Federalist #28.
"The opinion of the Federalist has always been considered as of great authority. It is a complete commentary on our Constitution; and is appealed to by all parties in the questions to which that instrument has given birth. Its intrinsic merit entitles it to this high rank; and the part two of its authors performed in framing the constitution, put it very much in their power to explain the views with which it was framed..."
- Chief Justice John Marshall, U.S. Supreme Court, Cohens v. Virginia (1821).
"The right of self-defence never ceases. It is among the most sacred, and alike necessary to nations and to individuals."
- President James Monroe, Nov. 16, 1818 message to the U.S. House and Senate. [Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, November 17th, 1818.]
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"No, surely, No! they meant to drive us into what they termed rebellion, that they might be furnished with a pretext to disarm and then strip us of the rights and privileges of Englishmen and Citizens."
- George Washington, March 1, 1778 letter to Bryan Fairfax, Valley forge.
The Preamble to the Constitution of the United States of America:
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
"This may be considered as the true palladium of liberty....The right of self-defense is the first law of nature..."
"...In America we may reasonably hope that the people will never cease to regard the right of keeping and bearing arms as the surest pledge of their liberty..."
- St. George Tucker, Blackstone's Commentaries, (1803).
(The above linked page - "Monthly Feature", is devoted to a New Manufacturer/Special Item or Topic usually posted each month. Sometimes longer, depending on importance of the subject.)
"The defence of one’s self, justly called the primary law of nature,
is not, nor can it be abrogated by any regulation of municipal law.
This principle of defence is not confined merely to the person; it
extends to the liberty and the property of a man: it is not confined
merely to his own person; it extends to the persons of all those, to
whom he bears a peculiar relation -- of his wife, of his parent, of
his child, of his master, of his servant: nay, it extends to the person
of every one, who is in danger; perhaps, to the liberty of every one,
whose liberty is unjustly and forcibly attacked. It becomes humanity
as well as justice."
- James Wilson, 'Of the Natural Rights of Individuals', 1790-1792
(Signed the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, Congressman, Delegate to the Constitutional Convention and Supreme Court Justice).
"If a man neglects to enforce his rights, he cannot complain if, after a while, the law follows his example."
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., The Path of the Law.
Founding Principles
“Self-preservation is the first law of nature, and has been implanted in the heart of man by his Creator, for the wisest purpose; and no political union, however fraught with blessings and benefits in all other respects, can long continue, if the necessary consequence be to render the homes and the firesides of nearly half the parties to it habitually and hopelessly insecure. Sooner or later the bonds of such a Union must be severed. It is my conviction that this fatal period has not yet arrived; and my prayer to God is, that he would preserve the Constitution and the Union throughout all generations.”
- President James Buchanan, Washington City, December 3, 1860. Message to the U.S. House & Senate
Quotations
“To take from the people the right of bearing arms, and put their weapons of defence in the hands of a standing army, would be scarcely more dangerous to their liberties, than to permit the Government to accumulate immense amounts of treasure beyond the supplies necessary to its legitimate wants. Such a treasure would doubtless be employed at some time, as it has been in other countries, when opportunity tempted ambition.”
- President Andrew Jackson, Message to U.S. House and Senate of 5th December, 1836. [Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, 1789-1873. TUESDAY, December 6, 1836.]
  
 
"But, if you exert the means of defence which God and nature have given you, the time will soon arrive when every man shall sit under his own vine and under his own fig-tree, and there shall be none to make him afraid."
- AN ADDRESS OF THE CONGRESS TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
May 8th, 1778
Then said he unto them,
- Hebrews 13:8
"In Deo speramus."
(In God we trust).
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