ينبغي للشعب الحرّ ألّا يكون مسلحًا فحسب، بل مدرَّبًا أيضًا؛ ولتحقيق ذلك لا بدّ من خطة موحّدة محكمة التدبير، وتقتضي سلامته ومصلحته أن يشجّع الصناعات التي تجعله مستغنيًا عن غيره في الضرورات، ولا سيما الإمدادات العسكرية.

“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 of others for essential, particularly military, supplies.”George Washington — The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Other Papers, Official and Private, Selected and Published from the Original Manuscripts; with a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations (1837)