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. – Thomas Jefferson
Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies. – Thomas Jefferson

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. – Thomas Jefferson
Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies. – Thomas Jefferson
Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny. – Thomas Jefferson
Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty. – Thomas Jefferson