Posted on 05/08/2019 10:01:44 AM PDT by Perseverando
The sun never set on the British Empire. It was the largest empire in world history.
Out of nearly 200 countries in the world, only 22 were never controlled, invaded or attacked by Britain.
In April of 1775, the British Royal Military Governor of Massachusetts, General Thomas Gage, sent 800 British Army Regulars, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith, on a preemptive raid to seize guns from American patriots at Lexington and Concord.
George Mason of Virginia stated:
"To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
Noah Webster wrote in An Examination into the leading Principles of the Federal Constitution, Oct. 10, 1787, (Paul Leicester Ford, ed., Pamphlets on the Constitution of the United States, 1888, 1968):
"Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom in Europe.
The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword because the whole body of the people are armed."
Machiavelli wrote in The Prince (trans. L. Ricci, 1952, p. 73, 81):
"Among evils caused by being disarmed, it renders you contemptible ...
It is not reasonable to suppose that one who is armed will obey willing one who is unarmed."
James Madison wrote (Letters & Writings of James Madison, 1865, p. 406):
"The advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation ... forms a barrier against the enterprise of ambition ...
Kingdoms of Europe ... are afraid to trust the people with arms."
Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story wrote in Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, 2nd Edition, 1833, p. 125):
"The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered as the palladium (safeguard) of the liberties
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We have already surrendered the latter, the former is equally in jeopardy.
Thank you for posting this stuff.
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I’ve not seen this site before. Federer is a genius.
Yep, but that sight doesn’t give you articles with the graphics. Try this one: http://www.amerisearch.net/rss.php
Also, I highly recommend signing up for his daily emails. Federer has put out some great American faith based historical material over the years.
The following also fits the theme:
Paraphrased: “You cannot invade and defeat America. You’d face a RIFLE behind every tree.”
IJN Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto.
The largest empire in history was the Persian Empire.
Yamamoto liked America and understood Americans. He was a wise man who did his duty, and he was assassinated because he was a wise man who did his duty (and was thus a great leader and a threat).
The P-38 squadron that shot down his Betty as it circled to land had to train in secret to perform a 500-mile interception over water at sea level.
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