"Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? Is it feared, then, that we shall turn our arms each man gainst his own bosom. Congress have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birthright of an American...The unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state governments, but, where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the people."
Tench Coxe, Economist, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Commissioner of Revenue of the United States.
19 posted on 01/28/2013 11:58:38 AM PST by DJ MacWoW
(My faith and politics cannot be separated)
