Sunday, May 11, 2008

Quote du jour

"The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, on any pretence, raised in the United States."


---Noah Webster
Hat tip to Walter E. Williams

4 comments:

  1. My, my! There are many in our government today that call that sedition.

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  2. Oh, and sorry! I just now realized you started a blog.

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  3. The operative word is "unjust". An armed populace as a whole will not have any problem with just laws.

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