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O AT H K E E PE R ’S F OU N DE R S T E WA RT R HODE S E X PL A I NS T HE C ONS T I T U T IONA L AND
H IS T OR IC A L C ON T E X T BE H I N D T HE “10 O R DE R S W E W I L L N O T O BE Y ”
Recognizing that we each swore an Ex Parte Milligan (1865). Any at- state to submit to the national gov- eign troops and mercenaries against
oath to support and defend the Con- tempt to apply the laws of war to ernment. the people is completely unconsti-
stitution against all enemies, foreign American civilians, under any pre- 6. We will NOT obey any or- tutional, and an act of war. We will
DQGGRPHVWLFDQGDI¿UPLQJWKDWZH text, such as against domestic “mi- der to blockade American cit- oppose such troops as enemies of
are guardians of the Republic, of the litia” groups the government brands ies, thus turning them into gi- the people and we will treat all who
principles in our Declaration of In- “domestic terrorists,” is an act of war ant concentration camps. request, invite, and aid those foreign
dependence, and of the rights of our and an act of treason. troops as the traitors they are.
SHRSOH ZH DI¿UP DQG GHFODUH WKH One of the causes of the American
4. We will NOT obey orders to Revolution was the blockade of Bos- 9. We will NOT obey any or-
following: impose martial law or a “state GHUVWRFRQ¿VFDWHWKHSURSHUW\
ton, and the occupying of that city
1. We will NOT obey any or- of emergency” on a state, or to by the British military, under mar- of the American people, includ-
der to disarm the American enter with force into a state, tial law. Once hostilities began, the ing food and other essential
people. without the express consent people of Boston were tricked into supplies, under any emergency
The attempt to disarm the people and invitation of that state’s turning in their arms in exchange pretext.
on April 19, 1775 was the spark of legislature and governor. for safe passage, but were then for- One of the causes of the Ameri-
RSHQFRQÀLFWLQWKH$PHULFDQ5HYR- One of the causes of the American ELGGHQWROHDYH7KDWFRQ¿QHPHQWRI can Revolution was the seizure and
lution. That vile attempt was an act Revolution was the attempt “to ren- the residents of an entire city was an forfeiture of American ships, goods,
of war, and the American people der the Military independent of and act of war. and supplies, along with the seizure
IRXJKW EDFN LQ MXVWL¿HG ULJKWHRXV superior to the Civil Power” by dis- Such tactics were repeated by the of American timber for the Royal
self-defense of their natural rights. banding the Massachusetts legisla- Nazis in the Warsaw Ghetto, and by Navy, all in violation of the people’s
Any such order today would also be ture and appointing General Gage as the Imperial Japanese in Nanking, natural right to their property. The
an act of war against the American “military governor.” The attempt to when entire cities were turned into ¿QDOVSDUNRIWKH5HYROXWLRQZDVWKH
people, and thus an act of treason. disarm the people of Massachusetts death camps. Any such order to dis- attempt by the government to seize
We will not make war on our own during that martial law sparked our DUP DQG FRQ¿QH WKH SHRSOH RI DQ powder and cannon stores at Con-
people, and we will not commit trea- Revolution. American city will be an act of war cord, Massachusetts.
son by obeying any such treasonous Accordingly, the power to impose and thus an act of treason. Deprivation of food has long been
order. martial law (the absolute rule over a weapon of war and oppression,
7. We will NOT obey any order
Nor will we assist, or support any WKHSHRSOHE\DPLOLWDU\RI¿FHUZLWK to force American citizens into with millions intentionally starved
such attempt to disarm the people his will alone being law) is nowhere any form of detention camps to death by fascist and communist
by other government entities, either enumerated in our Constitution. under any pretext. governments in the 20th Century
state or federal. Further, it is the militia of a state alone.
Mass, forced internment into con-
2. We will NOT obey any order and of the several states that the centration camps was a hallmark of Accordingly, we will not obey or
to conduct warrantless search- Constitution contemplates being every fascist and communist dicta- IDFLOLWDWH RUGHUV WR FRQ¿VFDWH IRRG
es of the American people, used during any emergency within a torship in the 20th Century. Such and other essential supplies from
their homes, vehicles, papers, state, not the standing army. internment was unfortunately even the people, and we will consider all
or effects -- such as warrant- The imposition of martial law by used against American citizens of those who issue or carry out such
less house-to house searches the national government over a state Japanese descent during World War orders to be the enemies of the peo-
for weapons or persons. and its people, treating them as an II. Whenever a government interns ple.
One of the causes of the American occupied enemy nation, is an act its own people, it treats them like an 10. We will NOT obey any or-
Revolution was the use of “writs of of war. Such an attempted suspen- occupied enemy population. ders which infringe on the right
assistance,” which were essentially sion of the Constitution and Bill of Oppressive governments often use of the people to free speech, to
warrantless searches because there Rights voids the compact with the the internment of women and chil- peaceably assemble, and to pe-
was no requirement to demonstrate states and with the people. GUHQWREUHDNWKHZLOORIPHQ¿JKW- tition their government for a
SUREDEOHFDXVHWRDMXGJH7KH¿UVW 5. We will NOT obey orders to ing for their liberty, as was done to redress of grievances.
¿HU\HPEHUVRI$PHULFDQUHVLVWDQFH invade and subjugate any state the Boers, to the Jewish resisters There would have been no Ameri-
were born in opposition to those in- that asserts its sovereignty and in the Warsaw Ghetto, and to the FDQ5HYROXWLRQZLWKRXW¿HU\VSHDN-
famous writs. The Founders consid- declares the national govern- Chechens. ers and writers such as James Otis,
ered all warrantless searches to be ment to be in violation of the
unreasonable and egregious. The compact by which that state Such a vile order to forcibly intern Patrick Henry, Thomas Paine, and
Fourth Amendment was written to entered the Union. Americans without charges or trial 6DP $GDPV ³VHWWLQJ EUXVK¿UHV RI
prevent a repeat of such violations of would be an act of war against the freedom in the minds of men.”
the right of the people to be secure In response to the obscene growth American people, and thus an act Tyrants know that the pen of a
in their persons, houses, papers, of federal power and to the absurdly of treason, regardless of the pretext man such as Thomas Paine can
and effects. totalitarian claimed powers of the used. We will not commit treason, cause them more damage than en-
Executive, upwards of 20 states are nor will we facilitate or support it. tire armies, and thus they always
3. We will NOT obey any order considering, have considered, or
to detain American citizens as have passed courageous resolutions 8. We will NOT obey orders seek to suppress the natural rights
of speech, association, and assem-
“unlawful enemy combatants” DI¿UPLQJ VWDWHV ULJKWV DQG VRYHU- to assist or support the use of bly. Without freedom of speech, the
or to subject them to trial by eignty. any foreign troops on U.S. soil
military tribunal. against the American people to people will have no recourse but to
Those resolutions follow in the “keep the peace” or to “main- arms. Without freedom of speech
One of the causes of the American honored and revered footsteps of tain control” during any emer- and conscience, there is no freedom.
Revolution was the denial of the right Jefferson and Madison in their Ken- gency, or under any other pre- Therefore, we will not obey or sup-
to jury trial, the use of admiralty tucky and Virginia Resolutions, and text. We will consider such use port any orders to suppress or vio-
courts (military tribunals) instead, seek to enforce the Constitution by of foreign troops against our late the right of the people to speak,
and the application of the laws of DI¿UPLQJWKHYHU\VDPHSULQFLSOHVRI people to be an invasion and an associate, worship, assemble, com-
war to the colonists. After that expe- our Declaration, Constitution, and act of war. municate, or petition government
rience, and being well aware of the Bill of Rights that we Oath Keepers for the redress of grievances.
infamous Star Chamber in English UHFRJQL]HDQGDI¿UP During the American Revolution,
the British government enlisted the The above list is not exhaustive but
history, the Founders ensured that we do consider these “Ten Orders”
the international laws of war would Chief among those principles is aid of Hessian mercenaries in an
to be clear tripwires. They form our
apply only to foreign enemies, not to that ours is a dual sovereignty sys- attempt to subjugate the rebellious “line in the sand,” and if we receive
the American people. Thus, the Ar- tem, with the people of each state American people. Throughout his- such orders, we will not obey them.
ticle III Treason Clause establishes retaining all powers not granted tory, repressive regimes have en-
the only constitutional form of trial to the national government. Thus, listed the aid of foreign troops and ~ And for the support of this Dec-
for an American (not serving in the the people of each state reserved to mercenaries. ODUDWLRQZLWKD¿UPUHOLDQFHRQWKH
military) who is accused of making themselves the right to judge when Accordingly, the militia of the protection of Divine Providence, we
war on his own nation. Such a trial the national government they creat- several states are the only military PXWXDOO\DI¿UPRXURDWKDQGSOHGJH
for treason must be before a civilian ed has voided the compact between force contemplated by the Constitu- to each other our Lives, our For-
jury, not a tribunal. the states by asserting powers never tion, in Article I, Section 8, for do- tunes, and our sacred Honor.
granted. mestic keeping of the peace. The
The international laws of war do
not trump our Bill of Rights. We re- Upon the declaration by a state use of even our own standing army ~ Oath Keepers
ject as illegitimate any such claimed that such a breach has occurred, for such purposes is without consti-
power, as did the Supreme Court in we will not obey orders to force that tutional support, and the use of for-
ests, he had “unwittingly ruined” Other men who worked behind freedom” to statist subjection of Marxism is simultaneously a vic-
his country. (2) the scenes, outside the spotlight of the individual. All of those actors tory of the external, active man
public scrutiny, were well-versed were directly involved with, or over the inner, passive man and a
power-brokers and political mov- worked with, the Rhodes Round victory of reason over belief... In
Other example years include but ers who groomed Wilson prior to Table groups coming from Fabian the technetronic society the trend
are not limited to: his being elected as President. The socialism in London. seems to be toward... effectively
most powerful Marxist/Freudian/ The best source from which to exploiting the latest communi-
Darwinian/Eugenicist was Colo- learn about the subtle powers ex- cation techniques to manipulate
1917 – The fraudulent pretext
nel Edward Mandell House, who ercised in the Wilson Administra- emotions and control reason....
known as the sinking of the Lus-
became President Woodrow Wil- tion by Col. House is the CFR itself. Human beings become increas-
itania initiated this nation’s entry
VRQ¶VFKLHI$GYLVHUDQGFRQ¿GDQW Though stylized by Peter Grose’s ingly manipulable and mallea-
into WWI.
Just as a Marxist socialist named statist delusions of grandeur, the ble.... The projected world infor-
Brzezinski is today advising our history is concise and to the point. mation grid.... could create the
1929 – Wall Street Crash, fol- current President, Col. House was You can read it online. (3) Here are basis for a common educational
lowed by a Fed-guided Great De- a Marxist socialist advising Presi- a few tasters. program, for the adoption of com-
pression. dent Wilson. mon academic standards.... Today
“IT ALL STARTED as an inqui- we are again witnessing the emer-
I turn to a 1998 edition of Colo- ry, indeed, “The Inquiry.” To the
nel House’s Philip Dru: Adminis- gence of transnational elites....
1933 – President F.D. Roosevelt trator because it contains a fore- select few who knew, this was the (whose) ties cut across national
FDPH WR RI¿FH ZLWK KLV EUDQG RI word by William Norman Grigg. name of a working fellowship of boundaries.... The nation-state is
socialism. distinguished scholars, tasked to gradually yielding its sovereign-
Grigg’s foreword is a treasure for brief Woodrow Wilson about op-
American patriots who are seek- ty.... Further progress will require
tions for the postwar world once JUHDWHU$PHULFDQVDFUL¿FHV0RUH
1941 – The fraudulent pretext ing the truth of 20th Century the kaiser and imperial Germany intensive efforts to shape a new
known as “Pearl Harbor” initiated American history. Grigg notes that fell to defeat. Through the win- world monetary system will have
this nation’s entry into WWII. Col. House “did more to reshape ter of 1917-18, this academic band
American politics … than any sin- to be undertaken, with some con-
gathered discreetly in a hideaway sequent risk to the presently fa-
JOH ¿JXUH´ &RO +RXVH ZURWH WKH at 155th Street and Broadway in vorable American position.” (4)
1945 – The United Nations is book in 1911/1912, while meeting New York City, to assemble the
created, and policies were enacted and helping groom Wilson for the data they thought necessary to Brzezinski is a member in the
which would create the Cold War. White House. Wilson and House, make the world safe for democ- CFR, the Trilateral Commis-
according to the Yale University racy…The vision that stirred the sion, and the Bilderberg group
Press, were a match. House wrote Inquiry became the work of the – all of which are offspring
1947 – The passage under Presi- ±³$OPRVWIURPWKH¿UVWRXUPLQGV of the Rhodes Round Table
Council on Foreign Relations over
dent Truman of the National Se- vibrated in unison.” JURXSVRIWKH¿UVWWZRWKLUGVRIWKH
the better part of a century…What
curity Act of 1947 created the CIA, 20th Century and advocates of
Grigg notes that “Dru envisioned began as an intellectual response
the NSC, and the Black Budget, the philosophical statecraft of
nothing less than the abolition to a juncture of history grew into
thus granting the Federal govern- Colonel Edward Mandell House.
of America’s constitutional order an institution that would thrive
ment the “authority” to keep se- These groups are globalist and
through a military putsch. Charles through all the diplomacy of
crets from the American people. work to establish the New World
Seymour of Yale University, who America’s twentieth century. Per-
served with House in a secretive petually renewing its membership Order.
± $PHULFD HQWHUV WKH ¿UVW group called the Inquiry and later and its mission, reaching out be- Notes:
UN-arranged war - Korea. edited House’s intimate papers, yond an elite circle to help educate 1 – Philip Dru: Administrator
observed that ‘Philip Dru’s inten- the entire public, the Council grew by Edward Mandell House – Rob-
tion was ‘to remake the mecha- into a model that is now emu- ert Welch University Press, P.O.
1963 – The anti-Federal Reserve nism of government’ by creating a lated by a host of newer research Box 8050 Appleton, Wisconsin,
U.S. President John F. Kennedy ‘new American Constitution, bet- centers, in the United States and 54913; originally published 1912;
was assassinated. WHU¿WWHGWKDQWKHROGIRUWKHVSLULW abroad. Their common challenge ISBN: 1-892647-00-1. Note: This
and conditions of the twentieth is to stimulate concerned citizens edition bears the foreword by
century’.” in their thinking about power and William Norman Grigg.
1965 – The U.S. sends uniformed politics among nations.”
ground forces into Viet Nam under So we had a Marxist-leaning 2 – I am a most unhappy man.
the fraudulent pretext called the President with a Marxist-leaning At the CFR’s site we learn about I have unwittingly ruined my
Gulf of Tonkin Incident. chief adviser in the White House other “players” in the game of country. A great industrial nation
as early as 1913, which now is seen “statecraft”, such as Elihu Root, is now controlled by its system of
There are numerous other peak WR KDYH EHHQ D GH¿QLQJ SHDN LQ Walter Lippman, Hamilton Fish
moments in our history, but these last century’s history. In ‘Dru’ we credit. We are no longer a govern-
Armstrong, W. Averell Harriman ment by conviction and the vote of
few are exemplary. I note that of ¿QGWKHPRGHOIRU6RFLDO6HFXULW\ (partner with George Herbert
all the events of the 20th Century, the idea of placing Labor on corpo- the majority, but a government by
Walker and Prescott Bush at Har- the opinion and duress of a small
those which were wrought under rate Boards, a graduated income riman Brothers on Wall Street),
President Wilson in 1913 are per- tax, a central banking system, and group of dominant men.
John J. McCloy, and among oth-
KDSV WKH PRVW VLJQL¿FDQW FKDO- the notion of a League of Nations. ers, John Foster Dulles. Such Woodrow Wilson, 1919.
lenged closely for that distinction House had begun writing ‘Dru’ be- men were connected with Rhodes 3 - http://www.cfr.org/about/
by the National Security Act of fore meeting Wilson. He complet- Round Table mission, and their history/cfr/inquiry.html
1947. ed the book after meeting Wilson. names represent known endeav-
4 - Between Two Ages: Ameri-
President Woodrow Wilson Wilson became House’s vehicle, ors to do just what Edward Man-
ca’s Role in the Technetronic Era,
had Wall Street friends – he had just as G.W. Bush-43 was Cheney’s dell House (and Sir Cecil Rhodes
by Zbigniew Brzezinski; copy-
been fed a continuous diet of lies vehicle. before him), predicted in Philip
right 1970 by Zbigniew Brzezin-
by monopoly-capitalists who held To understand how we lost the Dru: Administrator.
ski; published 1970 by The Viking
to the teachings of Karl Marx, au- Republic over the past ninety-plus Because of their Wall Street and Press, Inc., 625 Madison Avenue,
thor of the Communist Manifesto, years of political corruption and Washington D.C. ties and con- New York, New York 10022; (I)
to be the vision of the future. On media propaganda, simply recall nections, and their relations with SBN: 670-16041-5.
Wall Street and in some quarters that under Wilson we got two life- European banking dynasties such
in Washington D.C., Marxism altering Amendments, the IRS, as the Houses of Rothschild, War-
was infused with somewhat dis- and the Federal Reserve System,
torted interpretations of the writ- Inc., World War One, the Inquiry,
burg, Schiff, Barring, etc., these NE W !
are some of the names from our
ings of Charles Darwin. To Marx which gave birth to the Council on history which produced the peak C H A L L E NGE C OI N
DQG 'DUZLQ ¿QDOO\ ZDV DGGHG Foreign Relations (CFR), and the moments listed above, and togeth-
the idiocy of Sigmund Freud. All political/economic antics which er they were the plumbers, car-
three voices were popular in early later would produce the Wall penters, and masons who helped
20th Century America, most es- Street crash of October 1929 and create the house that House built.
SHFLDOO\ LQ FHQWHUV RI ¿QDQFH DQG the Great Depression which set the
governance. Those three voices stage for FDR’s brand of statism As we note President Obama’s
ZHUH WXQHG ¿QDOO\ WR VXSSRUW WKH and socialism – the New Deal. blatant socialist tendencies, we
Eugenics movement which would see that we’re still living in that
later spread to Germany under While we can largely thank Col- house. The fact that Col. House’s
Adolf Hitler and Ernst Rudin, and onel House for advisory guidance mirrored image now is advising
were funded in Berlin by the tax- of Wilson to produce that chain of Obama lies in this quotation from
exempt Rockefeller Foundation mischief, we also must credit some Obama’s top national security ad-
and satellite organizations from of it to the tax exempt Foundations viser, Zbigniew Brzezinski, writ-
America. of Carnegie, Rockefeller, Ford, and ten and published in 1970:
Morgan. Such actors on the world’s “Marxism represents a further
7KHVH DWWLWXGHV ZHUH LQÀXHQ- stage combined to alter America’s
tial in Woodrow Wilson’s life be- general direction from “individual vital and creative stage in the ma-
fore he became President in 1913. turing of man’s universal vision. oathkeepers.org
MASSACHUSETTS
FEATURED STATE CHAPTER
There’s something to be said for chance to ask questions DQG ¿QG
being in the right place at the right out about the group, eventually de-
time. That’s what Celia Hyde, ciding that her uncle wasn’t so cra-
Massachusetts resident, and Oath zy after all; Celia not only joined,
Keepers state president, learned but took the post as state director
over the last year. for Massachusetts. She is now
Celia had been a member of her state president. And Chauncey
local police force for over 30 years. Normandin had his questions an-
“I was six when they asked me to swered as well—he is now the Flor-
join,” she quips. For 6 ½ years she ida State President.
was the Chief of Police in the small So why did Celia take the state
town of Bolton, Massachusetts. In president’s position? “The Con-
addition to her work on the po- stitution is being ignored!” she
lice force, she has owned a bed exclaims. As a Law Enforcement
and breakfast for 24 years. Celia’s 2I¿FHU, Celia had to constantly be
uncle, Dave Freeman (who hap- aware of the restrictions placed
pens to be an Oath Keepers board upon government by the Consti-
member and OK’s Law Enforce- tution. But she was seeing that
ment Liaison), called her in the other governmental authorities
spring of 2009 and asked if some weren’t so diligent in their adher-
friends of his could stay in her ence to that revered document. “I
B&B. They were going to do a cer- had to pay attention to what was
what we’re doing to help law en- Preservation Association, a watch-
emony on April 19, the anniversary going on outside my little town,
forcement and the military,” Ce- dog group that reports on the ac-
of the Battle of Lexington and Con- and I decided that rather than sit-
lia explains. Massachusetts OK is tivities of the Massachusetts State
cord, on Lexington Square. Celia ting and complaining, I was going
also working to help the families Legislature. A few months ago,
booked the rooms, but was curious to get up and do something about
of wounded veterans and LEOs; they saw unconstitutional provi-
as to what this group was doing. it,” Celia explains.
according to Celia, “When these sions removed from Senate Bill
Dave gave Celia the website in- In Massachusetts, Celia and her families have needs, we want them 2028, the Massachusetts Pandem-
formation, and she checked it moderators are still laying the mas- to know that Oath Keepers stand ic statute. Massachusetts OK will
out. “It seemed a little radical to ter plan for their state’s activities. with them.” also work with the 9/12 groups and
me,” she confesses; at the time, They have divided the state into 10 Tea Parties throughout the state.
Another great outreach idea that
she wondered what her uncle had zones; half of the leadership posts A contingent from the state will be
Massachusetts is starting is to rec-
gotten himself into. So she called LQWKRVH]RQHVKDYHEHHQ¿OOHG7KH heading to Washington, D.C., for
ognize the good things done by
a friend of hers who had moved to leadership group will be meeting a the 9/12 march this September.
law enforcement and the military
Florida. This friend happened to few times a year to plan outreach
in our communities. States Celia, In addition to her work within the
be Chauncey Normandin. When programs. “Our leaders have great
“We need to draw attention to pos- state, Celia is working throughout
Celia asked Chauncey if he had ideas; the plans we are making are
itive actions, instead of just com- New England to help OK groups
heard of this new group called all coming from them,” reports Ce-
plaining about the negative things get started. She is currently over-
Oath Keepers, he couldn’t believe lia. And with 351 towns in the Bay
that happen.” OK groups through seeing New Hampshire, Maine,
what he was hearing—he had been State, there is plenty of ground to
the state also plan to have family- Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
checking them out himself. “Book cover. Celia has been getting lo-
oriented outings for military and The latter state has been coming
me a room, too; I want to come up cal groups started by helping them
law enforcement, to show their along quite well. “Randy Swanson
WRWKH/H[LQJWRQHYHQWDQG¿QGRXW ZLWKWKHLU¿UVWPHHWLQJ
support for those who serve. contacted me to say that an Oath
what this is all about,” Chauncey “We have an objective to put Oath
Massachusetts Oath Keepers are Keepers ceremony had been re-
asked Celia. Keepers materials in the hands
working with several likeminded quested in his state,” recalls Celia.
Celia ended up receiving calls of every police chief in the state. She encouraged him that he could
groups to see that the Constitu-
from all over the country, and had We want them to know that we’re do it himself, and helped him de-
tion is returned to preeminence.
over 20 people from Oath Keep- the good guys, and we’d like to sit velop a speech. “Now he’s taking
Several OK members worked to
ers staying at her B&B. She had a down and talk with them about the bull by the horns, and going
support the Massachusetts Liberty
full force in Rhode Island,” she re-
ports.
“I believe that Oath Keepers is an
answer to a lot of people’s prayers.
We’ve created a group that people
can approach. So many have come
to me and said, ‘I thought I was
the only one who felt this way,’”
Celia concludes. “Oath Keepers is
a great way to introduce likemind-
ed individuals and let them know
they’re not alone.” And despite all
the hassles of being on the fore-
front of a new and sometimes con-
troversial group, she says, “This is
a small price to pay for freedom.”
Massachusetts State President Ce-
lia Hyde, center, with Rhode Island
Moderator Randy Swanson, left,
and Oath Keepers founder Stewart
Rhodes, attending the Live Free
convention in New Hampshire.
From the front of this group—
Randy Swanson of Rhode Island,
Celia Hyde of Massachusetts, and
Chauncey and Jo Normandin of
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Keepers convention in Las Vegas,
October 2009.