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(1732–1794) was an American statesman from Virginia best known for the motion in the Second Continental Congress calling for the colonies’ independence from Great Britain.

Ensure liberty by keeping government small

It must never be forgotten … that the liberties of the people are not so safe under the gracious manner of government as by the limitation of power.

Author Greg RavenPosted on March 31, 2020Categories libertyTags Richard Henry Lee

The militia is the people

A militia, when properly formed, are in fact the people themselves … and include all men capable of bearing arms.

Author Greg RavenPosted on July 21, 2015November 1, 2018Format QuoteCategories Second AmendmentTags Richard Henry Lee

Preserving liberty through arms

To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them.

Author Greg RavenPosted on December 21, 2012March 25, 2021Format QuoteCategories Second AmendmentTags Richard Henry Lee

“Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides.” — Thomas Paine

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