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> [Any politico who's afraid of his constituents being armed, should be. Leaders of the anti-gun movement (for the most part, politicians who enthusiastically advocate confiscatory taxation and government control of everything) realize that a populace is much easier to herd,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-neil-smith/any-politico-who-s-afraid-of-his-constituents-being-armed-should-be/)

[L. Neil Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-neil-smith/)

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> [If a politician isn't perfectly comfortable with the idea of his average constituent, any man, woman, or responsible child, walking into a hardware store and paying cash -- for any rifle, shotgun, handgun, machinegun, anything - without producing ID or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-neil-smith/if-a-politician-isn-t-perfectly-comfortable-with-the-idea-of-his/)

[L. Neil Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-neil-smith/)

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## More by L. Neil Smith

> [Many individuals spend a considerable portion of their lifetimes in terror of one imagined catastrophe or another. The classic is that your immortal soul…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-neil-smith/many-individuals-spend-a-considerable-portion-of-their-lifetimes-in/)

[L. Neil Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-neil-smith/)

> [Great men don't 'move to the center' - great men move the center!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-neil-smith/great-men-don-t-move-to-the-center-great-men-move-the-center/)

[L. Neil Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-neil-smith/)

> [I suggest due process, speedy trials, and public hangings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-neil-smith/i-suggest-due-process-speedy-trials-and-public-hangings/)

[L. Neil Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-neil-smith/)

> [Guns cause crime like flies cause garbage!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-neil-smith/guns-cause-crime-like-flies-cause-garbage/)

[L. Neil Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-neil-smith/)

> [I have a recurring daymare that when the Glorious People's SWAT Teams smash their way in, most of us - by which I mean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-neil-smith/i-have-a-recurring-daymare-that-when-the-glorious-people-s-swat-teams/)

[L. Neil Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-neil-smith/)

> [I'll remind you all, however, that for government, existence is a privilege, not a right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-neil-smith/i-ll-remind-you-all-however-that-for-government-existence-is-a/)

[L. Neil Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-neil-smith/)

> [I propose a Constitutional Amendment providing that, if any public official, elected or appointed, at any level of government, is caught lying to any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-neil-smith/i-propose-a-constitutional-amendment-providing-that-if-any-public/)

[L. Neil Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-neil-smith/)

> [Victim disarmament types are sick, sick people, who'd rather see a woman raped in an alley and strangled with her own pantyhose than see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-neil-smith/victim-disarmament-types-are-sick-sick-people-who-d-rather-see-a/)

[L. Neil Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-neil-smith/)

> [Money, first and foremost, is a medium of communication, conveying the information we call 'price'. Government control of the money supply is censorship, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-neil-smith/money-first-and-foremost-is-a-medium-of-communication-conveying-the/)

[L. Neil Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-neil-smith/)

> [A libertarian is a person who believes that no one has the right, under any circumstances, to initiate force against another human being, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-neil-smith/a-libertarian-is-a-person-who-believes-that-no-one-has-the-right/)

[L. Neil Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-neil-smith/)

> [“...occasionally I like carrying raw steel to remind myself of an important lesson. The blade's an extension of the hand, the agent--no pun intended--of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-neil-smith/occasionally-i-like-carrying-raw-steel-to-remind-myself-of-an/)

[L. Neil Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-neil-smith/)

> [Thanks to guys like Boss Tweed, famous for saying, 'I don't give a damn who does the voting, as long as I do the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-neil-smith/thanks-to-guys-like-boss-tweed-famous-for-saying-i-don-t-give-a-damn/)

[L. Neil Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-neil-smith/)

> [Taxes are a barbaric remnant of ancient times in which early farmers, tied to the land, no longer able to roam freely, unable to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-neil-smith/taxes-are-a-barbaric-remnant-of-ancient-times-in-which-early-farmers/)

[L. Neil Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-neil-smith/)

> [If conservatives really believed in individual liberty, as they endlessly claim and if they used both halves of their brains then they'd be libertarians.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-neil-smith/if-conservatives-really-believed-in-individual-liberty-as-they/)

[L. Neil Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-neil-smith/)

> [You cannot force me to agree with you. You can force me to act as though I agree with you but then you'll have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-neil-smith/you-cannot-force-me-to-agree-with-you-you-can-force-me-to-act-as/)

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