Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2011-01-27 Jan 27, 2011The jury has the power to bring a verdict in the teeth of both law and fact.~ Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.The jury has the right to determine both the law and the facts.~ Samuel ChaseA society that will trade a little liberty for a little order will lose both, and deserve neither.~ Thomas Jefferson Jan 26, 2011The purpose of the right to bear arms is twofold; to allow individuals to protect themselves and their families, and to ensure a body of armed citizenry from which a militia could be drawn, whether that militia’s role was to protect the nation, or to protect the people from a tyrannical government.~ Glenn Harlan ReynoldsIf the rest of the country had adopted right-to-carry concealed-handgun provisions in 1992, about 1,500 murders and 4,000 rapes would have been avoided.~ John R. Lott, Jr.The prohibition is general. No clause in the Constitution could by any rule of construction be conceived to give congress a power to disarm the people. Such a flagitious attempt could only be made under some general pretense by a state legislature. But if in any blind pursuit of inordinate power, either should attempt it, this amendment may be appealed to as a restraint on both.~ William Rawle Jan 25, 2011The moment men obtain perfect freedom, that moment they erect a stage for the manifestation of their faults. The strong characters begin to go wrong by excess of energy; the weak by remissness of action.~ Johann Wolfgang von GoetheLiberty without learning is always in peril and learning without liberty is always in vain.~ John F. KennedyLaws, like sausages, cease to inspire respect in proportion as we know how they are made.~ John Godfrey Saxe Jan 24, 2011Freedom rings where opinions clash.~ Adlai E. Stevenson IIWhen we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free.~ Justice Charles Evans HughesThe empires of the future are the empires of the mind.~ Sir Winston Churchill Jan 21, 2011Terrorism is the best political weapon for nothing drives people harder than a fear of sudden death.~ Adolf HitlerAnd our security will require all Americans to be forward-looking and resolute, to be ready for pre-emptive action.~ George W. BushOnce a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear.~ Harry S. Truman Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print