Stronghold Quotes
See also Coke's Reports, Semayne's Case, 1605. Compare Blackstone, above.
Quote often cited by gun enthusiasts as a Biblical urging to be armed for self-protection and protection of the home. Likewise they argue that gun control is not only bad policy but against the will of God.
The Catawabas fought in the South with the English against the French and Spanish. In this case they asked for “military assistance” which was provided in terms of the fort which was built and provision of powder and ammunition. Later the Catawabas sided with the Americans in the Revolution.
This was Mr. Mahoney's slogan for the 1966 Maryland gubernatorial campaign. The white backlash vote he intended to win cast their ballots instead for the more moderate candidate—Republican Spiro Agnew.
This quotation documents the Jews making Jerusalem its capital. There are some in the Arab-Israeli dispute who claim that the Jews never inhabited Jerusalem, hence have no claim on it today. This quotation also establishes that there were other people in Jerusalem—the Jebusites—besides the Jews. This fact is denied by some claiming sole Jewish occupation of the city. In the Crusades, the Christians took Jerusalem and made it the capital of a Christian kingdom. There was a Christian King of Jerusalem. Then the Muslims took Jerusalem from the Christians. So all three major religions have a historical claim on Jerusalem—and all three established their claim by conquest.
The picture is a modern artist’s rendition.
David Ben Gurion and the secular Jews did not want the word “God” as a justification of their independence and the more orthodox did. The phrase allowed each group to interpret it in whatever way they wanted.
