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My Memorial Day Tribute – The Marines of Beirut

The Marines of Beirut Camp Lejeune’s memorial to the Marines killed in the barracks bombing in Beirut, Lebanon has a special meaning for me–as a Marine, I served in Beirut, and knew many personally. It…

by J. Connell
Posted on May 30, 2022May 30, 2022

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court 1812-1845
(Youngest Justice [age 32] ever appointed to Supreme Court)

“The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic; since it offers a strong moral check against the usurpation and arbitrary power of rulers; and will generally, even if these are successful in the first instance, enable the people to resist and triumph over them. . . . There is certainly no small danger, that indifference [to the right to keep and bear arms] may lead to disgust, and disgust to contempt; and thus gradually undermine all the protection intended by this clause of our national bill of rights.”

Liberty Letters, 1833