Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2018-04-11 Apr 11, 2018[It is] a natural Right which the people have reserved to themselves, confirmed by the [English] Bill of rights, to keep arms for their own defense; and as Mr. Blackstone observes, it is to be made use of when the sanctions of Society and law are found insufficient to restrain the violence of oppression.~ Boston Evening PostThat principle is, that the sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number, is self-protection. That the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant.~ John Stuart Mill[Self-defense is] justly called the primary law of nature, so it is not, neither can it be in fact, taken away by the laws of society.~ Sir William Blackstone Apr 10, 2018A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be the constant companion of your walks.~ Thomas JeffersonThe enemies of freedom do not argue; they shout and they shoot.~ William Ralph IngeIf someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun.~ Dalai Lama Apr 9, 2018I have no reason to suppose, that he, who would take away my liberty, would not, when he had me in his power, take away every thing else.~ John LockeSelf-defence is a part of the law of nature; nor can it be denied the community, even against the king himself...~ John LockeWhosoever uses force without Right ... puts himself into a state of War with those, against whom he uses it, and in that state all former Ties are canceled, all other Rights cease, and every one has a Right to defend himself, and to resist the Aggressor.~ John Locke Apr 6, 2018It is unreasonable ... to oblige a man not to attempt the defense of his own life.~ Charles de MontesquieuThe great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able may have a gun.~ Patrick HenryBut to ban guns because criminals use them is to tell the innocent and law-abiding that their rights and liberties depend not on their own conduct, but on the conduct of the guilty and the lawless, and that the law will permit them to have only such rights and liberties as the lawless will allow. ... For society does not control crime, ever, by forcing the law-abiding to accommodate themselves to the expected behavior of criminals. Society controls crime by forcing the criminals to accommodate themselves to the expected behavior of the law-abiding.~ Jeffrey R. Snyder Apr 5, 2018The first step in saving our liberty is to realize how much we have already lost, how we lost it, and how we will continue to lose it unless fundamental political changes occur.~ James BovardThe Second Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed for those exceptionally rare circumstances where all other rights have failed — where the government refuses to stand for reelection and silences those who protest; where courts have lost the courage to oppose, or can find no one to enforce their decrees. However improbable these contingencies may seem today, facing them unprepared is a mistake a free people get to make only once.~ Judge Alex KozinskiIf men, through fear, fraud, or mistake, should in terms renounce or give up any natural right, the eternal law of reason and the grand end of society would absolutely vacate such renunciation. The right to freedom being the gift of Almighty God, it is not in the power of man to alienate this gift and voluntarily become a slave.~ Samuel Adams Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print