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If the elected representatives of the people betray their constituents, the
only resource left is self-defense, the most important right in every positive
form of government.
Federalist Paper Number 28, paragraph 6
Americans, unlike the people of almost every other nation, have the advantage
of being armed. . . [this is part of the] barrier against federal ambition.�
Despite the military establishments in several kingdoms of Europe, . . . the
governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.� And it is not certain
that with this aid alone they would be able to shake off their yokes.� But if
the people possessed the additional advantages of local governments . . .
[that] appoint officers from the militia, it may be said, with the greatest
assurance, that the throne of every tyranny in Europe would be speedily
overturned in spite of the legions that surround it.
Federalist Paper Number 46, Paragraph 9
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