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“To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them..."
-George Mason”
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“We came equals into this world, and equals shall we go out of it.”
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“The augmentation of slaves weakens the states; and such a trade is diabolical in itself, and disgraceful to mankind.”
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“Don't wait around for your life to happen to you. Find something that makes you happy, and do it. Because everything else is all just background noise.”
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“There is a Passion natural to the Mind of man, especially a free Man, which renders him impatient of Restraint.”
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“The freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty. And can never be restrained but by despotic governments.”
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“To disarm the people--that was the best and most effective way to enslave them.”
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“I ask, Who are the militia? They consist now of the whole people, except a few public officers. But I cannot say who will be the militia of the future day. If that paper on the table gets no alteration, the militia of the future day may not consist of all classes, high and low, and rich and poor; but they may be confined to the lower and middle classes of the people, granting exclusion to the higher classes of the people. - 1788”
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“When any government shall be found inadequate or contrary to these purposes, a majority of the community hath an indubitable, unalienable and indefeasible right to reform, alter or abolish it, in such manner as shall be judged most conducive to the public weal.”
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