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" As a king he spent his reign - - so much of it as could be spared from gourmandizing , drunkenness , dalliance with handsome minions of his own sex , and theological pursuits - - in rescuing the Crown from dependence on Parliament ; in straining to the utmost the royal prerogative ; in substituting proclamations for statutes ; in doing everything in his power , in short , to smooth the path for his successor to the scaffold . If we say that five or six hundred citizens are as many as can jointly exercise their right of suffrage , must we not deprive the people of the immediate choice of their public servants , in every instance where the administration of the government does not require as many of them as will amount to one for that number of citizens ? Hence , congress is further empowered to provide for organizing , arming , and disciplining the militia , and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the United States .