Militia Quotations

Illegal killings of elephants are being linked to organized crime and the funding of armed militia groups. Many consumers in Asia do not realize that by buying ivory, they are playing a role in the illegal wildlife trade and its serious consequences.

I'm not afraid of the press or the Militia.

The federal government is often said in militia circles to have made wholesale seizures of power, at times by subterfuge. A leading grievance holds that the 16th Amendment, which authorizes the federal income tax, was ratified through fraud.

We can depend on this militia for a while, then send them to the army or back to their jobs.

We are also assisting the refugees who have fled across the border to Chad. As many of them have been subject to attacks by militia crossing from Sudan, UNHCR is mounting a major logistical operation to establish camps and transfer refugees away from the border zone.

Hizbullah is not a militia.

My understanding is that they (the government in Jakarta) have provided a battalion of forces from outside of East Timor, ... And that they were able to turn back an assault by militia groups against the U.N. people last night.

I think the most significant turning point was when the militia was brought in. A few armed men and women couldn't take on the Pennsylvania militia.

Laskar Jundullah has also been accused of providing arms in Poso. It's a breakdown of law and order. And I think the fact that you've got a large unaccountable militia should be of concern not only to the Indonesian government but of deep concern to governments outside as well.

Some of the greatest teams that I've had the privilege of coaching have come into this building and really gotten drilled. For our little militia to come in here and fight and scrap and claw and do what they needed to do to stay into the game, I can't even begin to tell you how proud I am.

Some of them did very well and some of them did not. And in the south, a number of units, both in the police force and also in the ICDC did not stand up to the intimidators of the forces of Sadr's militia and that was a great disappointment to us,

Most of the N.C. militia men ran after they fired their first shot of the first line.

We, in the Interior Ministry, are vehemently against any militia carrying out security duties,

Today the ATF took decisive steps to bring down an armed and dangerous militia group that was charged with conspiring to cause civil unrest.

Based on numerous accounts, including reports from our own staff, the Janjaweed militia are primarily responsible for carrying out the attacks.

Other humanitarian agencies in southern Somalia face the enormous challenge of reaching drought victims in remote and insecure areas. We urge leaders and rival militia to set aside their differences and guarantee safe passage (of food aid) to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe.

Although there were clashes by supporters on both sides ... it was the militias who were carrying guns, weapons, and that once again heavily armed and equipped police failed to intervene (against) when that militia violence was carried on in front of them.

They don't want to see a strong army because it won't allow these militia to operate.

This is very revealing of the hypocrisy of the NRA, ... They would have the second amendment of the Constitution amended so it would also read 'a well regulated militia being necessary to the security of the people, no housing authority shall buy safe guns.'

It's very difficult for the Iraqi government to govern because the security situation is still very unstable. Among the most pressing problems, the most pressing is to try to construct a military and security bureaucracy that is not essentially tainted by militias or militia loyalties.

Iraq's Sunnis perceive the 'national' army and police force as a Shiite-Kurdish militia on steroids.

The militia is our ultimate safety. We can have no security without it. The great object is that every man be armed.

There is no personal right to be armed for private purposes unrelated to the service in a well regulated militia.

When I joined the militia I had promised myself to kill one Fascist - after all, if each of us killed one they would soon be extinct.