claim: says george washington said a free people should be armed to guard against government tyranny.
author: louie gohmert
evidence_1: george washington didn't say that a free people need "sufficient arms and  ammunition to maintain a status of independence" from their own government. ...  the first ten words (“a free people ought not only be armed and disciplined”) are  taken from .... he would build a wall in order to protect a town from the end of the  world.
evidence_2: feb 20, 2015 ... say george washington said that "when government takes away ... george  washington said a free people should be an armed people. ... is that washington  was referring to a trained militia to defend the new ... said. "the idea of resistance  to tyranny being dependent on a nation of gun-wielding individuals ...
evidence_3: aug 22, 2016 ... do people have a right to defend themselves against a tyrannical government? ...  by the state governments, who would lead the armed people in the militias. ... of  george washington and john adams, when the federal government ... this is not  to say that firearms should not be very carefully used and that ...
evidence_4: the following is a list of quotations misattributed to george washington that have  been sent to the ... "a free people ought not only be armed and disciplined, but  they should have ... this quote is partially accurate as the beginning section is  taken from ... "when government takes away citizens' right to bear arms it  becomes ...
evidence_5: 4.1 thomas jefferson; 4.2 john adams; 4.3 james madison; 4.4 george mason  ... before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in ...  tyranny thrives best where government need not fear the wrath of an armed  people. ..... in reference to you, colored people, let me say god has made you  free.