Wherever standing armies are kept up, and when the right of the people to keep and bear arms is, under any color… — St. George Tucker Copy Share Image
[You have Rights] antecedent to all earthly governments: Rights, that cannot be repealed or restrained by human laws; Rights, derived from the… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom under any government, no matter how popular and respected, is the right of citizens… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
What is it about this ideological dream of the right to bear arms that overrides any other rights, I mean the rights… — Piers Morgan Copy Share Image
The pro-gun advocates point to the 2nd amendment of America's Constitution, citing Americans' right to bear arms as a protection against tyrants.… — Max Keiser Copy Share Image
The people of the various provinces are strictly forbidden to have in their possession any swords, bows, spears, firearms or other types… — Toyotomi Hideyoshi Copy Share Image
It is the right to bear arms which is the problem. I think if the Founding Fathers knew what was happening they… — Liam Neeson Copy Share Image
I support people having a gun in public full stop, not just in your home. We don't have the right to bear… — Vince Vaughn Copy Share Image
Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? Is it feared, then, that we shall turn our arms each man gainst his… — Tench Coxe Copy Share Image
Militias, when properly formed, are in fact the people themselves and include all men capable of bearing arms. [...] To preserve liberty… — Richard Henry Lee Copy Share Image
Whereas, to preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially… — Richard Henry Lee Copy Share Image
Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation, the existence of subordinate… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“You mean, the people are armed?" Prince Bentrik was incredulous. "Great Satan, aren't yours?" Prince Trask was equally surprised. "Then your democracy's… — H. Beam Piper Copy Share Image
The Second Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed for those exceptionally rare circumstances where all other rights have failed - where… — Alex Kozinski Copy Share Image
The ultimate authority, wherever the derivative may be found, resides in the people alone, and that it will not depend merely on… — James Madison Copy Share Image
I sympathize with people who want to ban guns, but I can't agree with them. We have to be careful in our… — Hugh Downs Copy Share Image
Our founding documents didn't just protect the right to bear arms: they were designed to protect all the principles upon which America… — Anthea Butler Copy Share Image
No Kingdom can be secured otherwise than by arming the people. The possession of arms is the distinction between a freeman and… — James Burgh Copy Share Image
Without either the first or second amendment, we would have no liberty; the first allows us to find out what's happening, the… — Andrew Ford Copy Share Image
This American right to bear arms with, practically, a Muslim fierceness, sometimes seems as if it must be age-old, an ancient tradition… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
I find it very odd that the amendment about the right to bear arms, laws that were written so long ago, still… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
I love the freedoms we got in this country, I appreciate your freedom to burn your flag if you want to, but… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
Strict gun laws are about as effective as strict drug laws...It pains me to say this, but the NRA seems to be… — Mike Royko Copy Share Image
Some might consider me an unlikely advocate for gun rights because I sustained terrible injuries in a violent shooting. But I'm a… — Gabrielle Giffords Copy Share Image
Liberal judges tend to be expansive about things like equal protection, while conservatives read more into ones like 'the right to bear… — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
O sir, we should have fine times, indeed, if, to punish tyrants, it were only sufficient to assemble the people! Your arms,… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
Hyde-Smith was sent to Washington because she believes in empowering the American worker by reducing taxes and cutting unnecessary red tape -… — Lara Trump Copy Share Image
[President Clinton] boasts about 186,000 people denied firearms under the Brady Law rules. The Brady Law has been in force for three… — Charlton Heston Copy Share Image
The purpose of the right to bear arms is twofold; to allow individuals to protect themselves and their families, and to ensure… — Glenn Reynolds Copy Share Image
In recent years it has been suggested that the Second Amendment protects the "collective" right of states to maintain militias, while it… — Stephen Halbrook Copy Share Image
“But Americans have also exercised an additional option for decades: make fun of something. The Constitution does not guarantee Americans the right… — Michael Kantor Copy Share Image
Our nation was built and civilized by men and women who used guns in self-defense and in pursuit of peace. One wonders… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I say that the Second Amendment doesn't allow for exceptions - or else it would have read that the right "to keep… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
What country before ever existed a century and a half without a rebellion? And what country can preserve its liberties if their… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
No kingdom can be secured otherwise than by arming the people. The possession of arms is the distinction between a freeman and… — James Burgh Copy Share Image
I was lecturing at the Columbia Journalism School of Education. I asked them about what was happening to the Fourth Amendment. I… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
The powers of the sword are in the hands of the yeomanry of America from sixteen to sixty. The militia of these… — Tench Coxe Copy Share Image
As far as I was concerned, the Panthers were 'baaaaaad.' The Party was more than bad; it was bodacious. The sheer audacity… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
What about your constitutional right to bear arms, you say. I would simply point out that you don’t have to exercise a… — Chelsea Handler Copy Share Image
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