The rights of conscience, of bearing arms, of changing the government, are declared to be inherent in the people.
Fisher Ames, John Thornton Kirkland (1854). “Works of Fisher Ames: With a Selection from His Speeches and Correspondence”, p.54, Burt Franklin
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