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title: "7 Armed Society Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/a-well-regulated-militia-being-necessary-to-the-security-of-a-free/)

[Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/)

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> [I do believe that an armed society is a polite society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-popper/i-do-believe-that-an-armed-society-is-a-polite-society/)

[John Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-popper/)

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> [“The danger to a free society is not the guns owned by the citizens but an unconstrained government, especially one that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/llewellyn-h-rockwell/the-danger-to-a-free-society-is-not-the-guns-owned-by-the-citizens/)

[Llewellyn H. Rockwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/llewellyn-h-rockwell/)

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> [An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/an-armed-society-is-a-polite-society-manners-are-good-when-one-may/)

[Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/)

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> [The danger to a free society is not the guns owned by the citizens but an unconstrained government… An armed society is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/llewellyn-rockwell/the-danger-to-a-free-society-is-not-the-guns-owned-by-the-citizens-2/)

[Llewellyn Rockwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/llewellyn-rockwell/)

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> [An armed society is a polite society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/an-armed-society-is-a-polite-society/)

[Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/)

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> [An armed society is a free society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howie-carr/an-armed-society-is-a-free-society/)

[Howie Carr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howie-carr/)

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