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— Richard Henry Lee"A militia, when properly formed, are in fact the people themselves... and include all men capable of bearing arms."
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A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
— James Madison
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What, sir, is the use of a militia? It is to prevent the establishment of a standing army, the bane of liberty ... Whenever governments mean to invade the rights and liberties of the people, they always attempt to destroy the militia, in order to raise an army upon their ruins.
— Elbridge Gerry
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