Select the correct text in the passage. Use your knowledge of the Constitution to find the phrase that relates to the common defense in this excerpt from the Federalist Papers. “A militia when properly formed are in fact the people themselves… and include all men capable of bearing arms. . . To preserve liberty it is essential that the whole body of people always possess arms… The mind that aims at a select militia, must be influenced by a truly anti-republican principle.” – Letters From the Federal Farmer to the Republican, Letter XVIII, January 25, 1788