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Quotation from First Inaugural Address by Andrew Jackson
“a million of armed freemen, possessed of the means of war, can never be conquered by a foreign foe”
First Inaugural Address, Inaugural address, paragraph on defense (Project Gutenberg #4938)
Jackson's confidence in the citizen militia over standing armies.
Citation: "a million of armed freemen, possessed of the means of war, can never be conquered by a foreign foe" — Andrew Jackson, First Inaugural Address, Inaugural address, paragraph on defense (Project Gutenberg #4938). (id jackson-first-inaugural-address-q6)
