Special Message
02/27/1793
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If the bill passes into a law, the two companies of light dragoons will be from that moment legally out of service.
A people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.
Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
Those who are well informed about their rights and duties make the best citizens.