The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' to the [[United States Constitution]] states:
The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' to the [[United States Constitution]] states:
{{cquote|No [[soldier]] shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of [[war]], but in a manner to be prescribed by law.}}
{{cquote|No [[soldier]] shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of [[war]], but in a manner to be prescribed by law.}}
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The amendment is a response to [[Quartering Acts]] passed by the British parliament during the American Revolutionary War, giving the British Army the right to lodge soldiers in private American residences.