For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security.

He who knows best knows how little he knows.

The only security of all is in a free press.

The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that... it is their right and duty to be at all times armed.

Our peculiar security is in the possession of a written Constitution. Let us not make it a blank paper by construction.

None but an armed nation can dispense with a standing army. To keep ours armed and disciplined is therefore at all times important.