"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, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, on any pretence, raised in the United States."
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, [A Citizen of America, pseud.], An Examination into the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution (Philadelphia: Prichard & Hall, 1787), 43.
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