• Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every country in Europe.

    Noah Webster: Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every country in Europe.
    Noah Webster (1787). “An Examination Into the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution Proposed by the Late Convention Held at Philadelphia: With Answers to the Principal Objections that Have Been Raised Against the System”, p.43