"I think," Dumbledore said, "that there are not very many wizards and witches in the world. Not one person in a thousand could use a wand to so much as make sparks, Harry. And only the most formidable of those could stand up to a single Muggle soldier, let alone an army. It is no coincidence that the Statute was introduced mere months after a Muggle with a flintlock pistol bested a wizard in a duel. If the Muggles ever did turn on us, all the magic we could muster would not spare us their wrath."