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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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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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Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. – James Madison

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Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done. – James Madison

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