"And that the said Constitution be never construed to
authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the
rights of conscience; or to prevent the people of the United States, who are
peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms; or to raise standing armies,
unless necessary for the defense of the United States, or of some one or more
of them; or to prevent the people from petitioning, in a peaceable and orderly
manner, the federal legislature, for a redress of grievances; or to subject the
people to unreasonable searches and seizures of their persons, papers or possessions."
-- Samuel Adams: (1722-1803) was known as the "Father of the
American Revolution."
Source: Debates of the Massachusetts Convention of 1788