Laws that forbid the carrying of arms . . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
As civil rulers, not having their duty to the people duly before them, may attempt to tyrannize,... The people are confirmed by… — Tench Coxe 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
The laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. Can it be… — Cesare Beccaria Copy Share Image
If gun laws in fact worked, the sponsors of this type of legislation should have no difficulty drawing upon long lists of… — Orrin Hatch 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
Arms in the hands of citizens may be used at individual discretion... in private self-defense. — John Adams Copy Share Image
That the said Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press or the rights… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Little more can reasonably be aimed at with respect to the people at large than to have them properly armed. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
This [a state militia system] appears to me the only substitute that can be devised for a standing army, and the best… — Alexander Hamilton 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
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
Who are the militia? They consist now of the whole people, except a few public officers. But I cannot say who will… — George Mason Copy Share Image
The right of citizens to bear arms is just one guarantee against arbitrary government, one more safeguard against the tyranny which now… — Hubert H. Humphrey 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
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
Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
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