Tench Coxe Quote

The unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state governments but where, I trust in God, it will always remain, in the hands of the people.


Pennsylvania Gazette, Feb. 20, 1788.


The unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state governments but where, I trust in God, it will always remain, in...

The unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state governments but where, I trust in God, it will always remain, in...

The unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state governments but where, I trust in God, it will always remain, in...

The unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state governments but where, I trust in God, it will always remain, in...