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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Elbridge Gerry: "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."

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Army	Attempt	Bane	Destroy
Establishment	Governments	Invade	Liberties
Liberty	Mean	Militia	Order
People	Prevent	Raise	Rights
Ruins	Standing	Upon	Whenever

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