John Adams Quote

“Resistance to sudden violence, for the preservation not only of my person, my limbs and life, but of my property, is an indisputable right of nature which I have never surrendered to the public by the compact of society, and which perhaps, I could not surrender if I would. Nor is there anything in the common law of England inconsistent with that right.”

John Adams

Defense , Guns , Individual Rights , Law , Society

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Mike, Norwalk    6/4/12

A little too close to a social contract ideology but extremely accurate none-the-less.

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J Carlton, Calgary    6/4/12

I agree, the right to self defense and the defense of property is the most basic moral tenet of civilized society. It is a Natural Law and can not be made irrelevant by a piece of paper with some ink on it.

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E Archer, NYC    6/4/12

Absolutely!

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