The fundamental law of the militia is, that it be created, directed an…

John Adams
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The fundamental law of the militia is, that it be created, directed and commanded by the laws, and ever for the support of the laws. ✨ John Adams (1794). A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America: Against the Attack of M. Turgot in His Letter to Dr. Price, Dated the Twenty-second Day of March, 1778, p.475
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