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Elbridge Gerry Quotes
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Politician Quotes
Category:
American Politician Quotes
Date of Birth:
July 17, 1744
Date of Death:
November 23, 1814
Nationality:
American
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What, Sir, is the use of a militia? It is to prevent the establishment of a standing army, the bane of liberty. Whenever governments mean to invade the rights and liberties of the people, they always attempt to destroy the militia, in order to raise an army upon their ruins.
Elbridge Gerry


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