Tench Coxe Citas

• ¿Quiénes son los milicianos? ¿No somos nosotros mismos? ¿Se teme, entonces, que volvamos las armas cada uno contra su propio seno? El Congreso no tiene poder para desarmar a la milicia. Sus espadas, y cualquier otro instrumento terrible del soldado, son el derecho de nacimiento de los americanos.

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  Men, Gun, Soldier

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• Los poderes de la espada están en manos de la yeomanry de América de dieciséis a sesenta años. La milicia de estas mancomunidades libres, titulada y acostumbrada a sus armas, cuando se compara con cualquier ejército posible, debe ser tremenda e irresistible. ¿Quiénes son las milicias? ¿No somos nosotros mismos? ¿Se teme, entonces, que volvamos nuestras armas cada hombre contra su propio seno? El Congreso no tiene poder para desarmar a la milicia.

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  Gun, Second Amendment, Arms

  The Pennsylvania Gazette, February 20, 1788.

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• As civil rulers, not having their duty to the people duly before them, may attempt to tyrannize,... The people are confirmed by the next article in their right to keep and bear arms.

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  People, Second Amendment, May

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• The militia, who are in fact the effective part of the people at large, will render many troops quite unecessary. They will form a powerful check upon the regular troops, and will generally be sufficient to over-awe them.

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  Powerful, People, Second Amendment

  "An American Citizen: An Examination of the Constitution of the United States IV". Publication by Tench Coxe, teachingamericanhistory.org. October 21, 1788.

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• Every free man has a right to the use of the press, so he has to the use of his arms.

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  Men, Use, Arms

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• As our president bears no resemblance to a king so we shall see the Senate has no similitude to nobles. First, not being hereditary, their collective knowledge, wisdom, and virtue are not precarious. For by these qualities alone are they to obtain their offices, and they will have none of the peculiar qualities and vices of those men who possess power merely because their father held it before them.

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  Kings, Father, Men

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