Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2019-05-28 May 28, 2019[Legislation] cannot constitutionally result in the prohibition of the possession of those arms which, by the common opinion and usage of law-abiding people, are proper and legitimate to be kept upon private premises for the protection of person and property.~ Michigan Supreme CourtNo law shall abridge the right of the citizen to keep and bear arms for security and defense of themselves, their families, their property and the state.~ New Mexico ConstitutionIt is our opinion that an ordinance may not deny the people the constitutionally guaranteed right to bear arms, and to that extent the ordinance under consideration is void.~ New Mexico Court of Appeals May 27, 2019While the legislature has power, in the most comprehensive manner, to regulate the carrying and use of firearms, it has no power to constitute it a crime for a person, alien or citizen, to possess a revolver for the legitimate defense of himself and his property, said right being expressly granted by section 5, art. 2, of the State Constitution, to every person.~ Michigan Supreme CourtThere's no valid evidence whatsoever to indicate that depriving law-abiding American citizens of the right to own firearms would in any way lessen crime or criminal activity. ... The National Sheriffs Association unequivocally opposes any legislation that has as its intent the confiscation of firearms ... or the taking away from law-abiding American citizens their right to purchase, own, and keep arms.~ National Sheriffs Association[N]one are so emboldened as thugs who, in spite of the law are armed, in confrontations with law-abiding citizens who, because of the law, are disarmed.~ The New American May 24, 2019Suum cuique [To each his own, to each according to his merits.]~ Latin ProverbThe more that is given, the less people will work for themselves, and the less they work, the more their poverty will increase.~ Leo Nikolaevich TolstoiA person's right to a job is as specious as his boss' right to success in business. There is no right to a minimum wage, just as there is no right to success in self-employment.~ Rex Curry May 23, 2019There is no difference in principle, ... between the economic philosophy of Nazism, socialism, communism, and fascism and that of the American welfare state and regulated economy.~ Jacob G. HornbergerThat no government, so called, can reasonably be trusted, or reasonably be supposed to have honest purposes in view, any longer than it depends wholly upon voluntary support.~ Lysander SpoonerToday, of course, the redistributive powers of Congress are everywhere -- except in the Constitution. The result is the feeding frenzy that is modern Washington, the Hobbesian war of all against all as each tries to get his share and more of the common pot the tax system fills. ... It is unseemly and wrong. More than that, it is unconstitutional, whatever the slim and cowed majority on the New Deal Court may have said.~ Roger Pilon May 22, 2019The individual is not accountable to society for his actions, insofar as these concern the interests of no person but himself.~ John Stuart MillUnlike ordinary legislation, a constitution is enacted by the people themselves in their sovereign capacity and is therefore the paramount law.~ Justice Frank Cruise HaymondThis right to life, this right to liberty, and this right to pursue one’s happiness is unabashedly individualistic, without in the slightest denying at the same time our thoroughly social nature. It’s only that our social relations, while vital to us all, must be chosen - that is what makes the crucial difference.~ Tibor R. Machan Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print