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Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you wi

Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government. – James Madison

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A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained in arms, is the best most natural defense of a free country. – James Madison

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The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home. – James Madison

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Information is the currency of democracy. – Thomas Jefferson

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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed. – Noah Webster

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This Bible is for the government of the people, by the people and for the people. – John Wycliffe

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