Virginia Declaration of Rights, 1776 XIII That a well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defense of a free state; that standing armies, in time of peace, should be avoided as dangerous to liberty; and that, in all cases, the military should be under
strict subordination to, and be governed by, the civil power.
``... of or relating to a political regime based on
subordination of the individual to the state and
strict control of all aspects of the life and productive capacity of the nation...»