Right To Bear Arms Quotes

Right To Bear Arms Quotes by Joseph Story, Curt Weldon, L. Neil Smith, Ted Turner, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and many others.

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The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered as the palladium of the liberties of a republic.
Joseph Story
Only a government that does not trust its citizens would refuse them the right to bear arms.
Curt Weldon
Gun control: The theory that a woman found dead in an alley, raped and strangled with her panty hose, is somehow morally superior to a woman explaining to police how her attacker got that fatal bullet wound.
L. Neil Smith
I believe in a reasonable amount of “right to bear arms”. But private citizens of the United States are not allowed to own nuclear weapons. I always wanted a nuclear weapon, if I could have gotten one. I’m every other kind of power, but I’m not a nuclear power.
Ted Turner
If the representatives of the people betray their constituents, there is then no recourse left but in the exertion of that original right of self-defense which is paramount to all positive forms of government.
Alexander Hamilton
Americans have the right and advantage of being armed – unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.
James Madison
The Second Amendment! It says you have the right to bear arms, or the right to arm bears, whatever the hell you want to do!
Robin Williams
A military force, at the command of Congress, can execute no laws, but such as the people perceive to be just and constitutional; for they will possess the power, and jealousy will instantly inspire the inclination, to resist the execution of a law which appears to them unjust and oppressive.
Noah Webster
A militia, when properly formed, are in fact the people themselves… and include all men capable of bearing arms.
Richard Henry Lee
I have always been a firm believer in the longstanding American principle of having the right to bear arms and I will remain committed to see that this freedom is not infringed upon, revoked, or limited in any way
Jeff Miller
God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.
Daniel Webster
It’s part of the Constitution. People have the right to bear arms. Then the restrictions of it have to be reasonable and sensible. You can’t just remove that right. You’ve got to regulate, consistent with the Second Amendment.
Rudy Giuliani
Self-defense is a part of the law of nature;
nor can it be denied the community,
even against the king himself.
William Barclay
Sometimes just being still is the best thing you can do for yourself.
Silas House
We don’t have the right to bear arms because of burglars; we have the right to bear arms to resist the supreme power of a corrupt and abusive government.
Vince Vaughn
If the American people really tire of democracy and want to make a trial of Fascism, I shall be the last person to object. But if that is their mood, then they had better proceed toward their aim by changing the Constitution and not by forgetting it.
H. L. Mencken
We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.
Abraham Lincoln