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Definition of Militia
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Militia
In the widest sense, the whole military force of a nation, including both those engaged in military service as a business, and those competent and available for such service; specifically, the body of citizens enrolled for military instruction and discipline, but not subject to be called into actual service except in emergencies. Military service; warfare. Related Definitions:
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Militia Quotations
For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security. Thomas Jefferson A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained in arms, is the best most natural defense of a free country. James Madison 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 We are also assisting the refugees who have fled across the border to Chad. As many of them have been subject to attacks by militia crossing from Sudan, UNHCR is mounting a major logistical operation to establish camps and transfer refugees away from the border zone. Jan Egeland Just able barely to mount a horse and ride about a little in the spring of 1866, my life was threatened daily, and I was forced to go heavily armed. The whole country was then full of militia, robbing, plundering and killing. Jesse James |
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Militia Translations
militia in French is milice militia in Spanish is milicia |
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