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Teddy Roosevelt: They took arms not to destroy, but to save liberty; not to overthrow, but to establish the supremacy of the law.

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They took arms not to destroy, but to save liberty; not to overthrow, but to establish the supremacy of the law.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

This quote emphasizes the idea that the use of arms was intended to protect liberty rather than to destroy it.

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