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Elbridge Gerry
 
Name:   Elbridge Gerry
 
Nationality:   American
 
Date of Birth:   Jul 17, 1744
 
Date of Death:   Nov 23,  1814
 
Profession:   Politician
 
 
 
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What, Sir, is the use of a militia? It is to prevent the establishment of a standing army, the bane of liberty. Whenever governments mean to invade the rights and liberties of the people, they always attempt to destroy the militia, in order to raise an army upon their ruins.
 
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