Laws that forbid the carrying of arms . . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
For an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Laws that forbid the carrying of arms disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The balance of power is the scale of peace. The same balance would be preserved were all the world not destitute of… — Thomas Paine 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
To disarm the people... was the best and most effectual way to enslave them. — George Mason 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
When the resolution of enslaving America was formed in Great Britain, the British parliament was advised by an artful man [Sir William… — George Mason Copy Share Image
The greatest measure of the nineteenth century was passed by corruption, aided and abetted by the purest man in America. — Thaddeus Stevens Copy Share Image
A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined; to which end a uniform and well-digested plan is requisite — George Washington 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
Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation.... Notwithstanding the military establishments… — James Madison Copy Share Image
To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of people always possess arms... — Richard Henry Lee Copy Share Image
I ask you sir, who are the militia? They consist now of the whole people. — George Mason 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
The Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the rights of conscience; or… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
Arms, like laws, discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe and preserve order... — Thomas Paine 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
The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered as the palladium of the liberties of a… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
