A free people ought not only to be armed but disciplined; to which end a uniform and well digested plan is requisite: And their safety and interest require that they should promote such manufactories, as tend to render them independent on others, for essential, particularly for military supplies.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "A free people ought not only to be armed but disciplined; to which end a uniform and well digested plan is requisite: And their safety and interest require that they should promote such manufactories, as tend to render them independent on others, for essential, particularly for military supplies." in the context of "George Washington, January 8, 1790, First State of the Union Address http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/firsts/sou/text.html; part of this accurate quote has also been used as part of improperly altered statements on the internet, and a few published works, such as America : The Final Chapter (2009) by Jessi Winchester, p. 213: "A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government." See also NRA edited version available on t-shirts: "A free people ought to be armed - George Washington." http://www.nrastore.com/nrastore/ProductDetail.aspx?p=CT+437&ct=e." to mean that wisdom is timeless.