Authors:

The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered as the palladium of the liberties of a republic.

Joseph Story (1833). “Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a Preliminary Review of the Constitutional History of the Colonies and States, Before the Adoption of the Constitution”, p.708
The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered as the palladium of the liberties of a republic.