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Tremblay Super Member
Joined: Oct 08, 2007 Posts: 2650 Location: Malta, Montana
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Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 10:05 am Post subject: Good old Ben |
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I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
George Mason
Co-author of the Second Amendment during Virginia's Convention to Ratify the Constitution, 1788 -------------_________________________________
"They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
Ben Franklin,,, American Statesman
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Elvis Super Member
Joined: Jul 27, 2008 Posts: 9253 Location: south island New Zealand
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Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 1:22 pm Post subject: Re: Good old Ben |
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too true.
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10spotterminator Member
Joined: Aug 27, 2008 Posts: 167 Location: Redmond, Oregon
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Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 11:22 pm Post subject: Re: Good old Ben |
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Words of wisdom with a good measure of common sense thrown in .
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PaulS Super Member
Joined: Feb 18, 2006 Posts: 4330 Location: South-Eastern Washington - the State
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Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2013 9:28 pm Post subject: Re: Good old Ben |
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when Ben exited the constitutional congress meetings he was asked what kind of government they had given the people. His reply was, "A Republic, if you can keep it."
There was a lot of doubt whether future members of the government would actually follow the constitutional limits...
They haven't.
_________________ Paul
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Tremblay Super Member
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Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2013 9:32 pm Post subject: Re: Good old Ben |
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So true
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