Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2012-12-19 Dec 19, 2012The right of any person to keep or bear arms in defense of his own home, person, and property, or in aid of the civil power when thereto legally summoned, shall not be called in question, but nothing herein contained shall be held to permit the carrying of concealed weapons.~ Montana ConstitutionAll persons have the right to keep and bear arms in defense of themselves, their families, their property and the state.~ New Hampshire Constitution Dec 18, 2012No slaves shall keep any arms whatever, nor pass, unless with written orders from his master or employer, or in his company, with arms from one place to another.~ A Bill Concerning SlavesEvery citizen has a right to bear arms in defense of himself and the state.~ Connecticut ConstitutionThe people have a right to keep and bear arms for the common defense. And as, in times of peace, armies are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be maintained without the consent of the Legislature; and the military power shall always be held in an exact subordination to the Civil authority, and be governed by it.~ Massachusetts Constitution Dec 17, 2012Laws do not curb the lawless. After all, that's why we call them 'lawless.'~ Joel MillerGuns are used for self-defense somewhere between 800,000 and 3.6 million times per year .... Using firearm crime and defensive gun use figures most favorable to advocates for stricter gun control, ... the benefits from defensive gun uses exceed the cost of violent firearm crimes ... by between $90 million and $3.5 billion. Using the most credible estimate for defensive gun uses, the benefits range from $1 billion to $38 billion. Putting these dollar figures in more human terms: Guns save lives. The fact is that the best defense against violence is an armed response. For example, women faced with assault are 2.5 times less likely to suffer serious injury if they defend themselves with a gun rather than responding with other weapons or by offering no resistance. ... [P]ersons defending themselves with guns during an assault are injured only 12 percent of the time, compared to 25 percent for those using other weapons, 27 percent for those offering no resistance and nearly 26 percent of those who flee. ... [F]irearms are the safest, most effective way to protect oneself against criminal activity -- which is why American police officers carry guns rather than going unarmed or merely carrying knives.~ H. Sterling Burnett Dec 14, 2012Our job is to give people not what they want, but what we decide they ought to have.~ Richard SalantEvery compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile. In protest, I declined election to the National Institute of Arts and Letters some years ago, and now I must decline the Pulitzer Prize.~ Sinclair LewisWe do nothing controversial. We're not in the investigative business. Our only concern is giving editorial support for our ad projects.~ Houston Chronicle Dec 13, 2012News reporters are certainly liberal and left of center.~ Walter CronkiteThe news media in general are liberals.~ Barbara WaltersThe New York Times is deliberately pitched to the liberal point of view.~ Herman Dismore Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print