The National Rifle Association is always arguing that the Second Amendment determines the right to bear arms. But I think it really… — Robert Bork Copy Share Image
Away with your president! We shall have a king... the army will salute him as monarch; your militia will leave you and… — Patrick Henry 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
Just able barely to mount a horse and ride about a little in the spring of 1866, my life was threatened daily,… — Jesse James Copy Share Image
Some media outlets refer to 'protesters' and 'militia members,' not 'terrorists,' even though armed antigovernment extremists seizing federal property and expressing a… — Ibrahim Hooper Copy Share Image
During the first two months of the war it was the Anarchists more than anyone else who had saved the situation, and… — George Orwell 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
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
One of the ordinary modes, by which tyrants accomplish their purposes without resistance, is, by disarming the people, and making it an… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
I am for relying for internal defense on our militia solely till actual invasion, and for such a naval force only as… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The militia is the natural defense of a free country against sudden foreign invasions, domestic insurrections, and domestic usurpation of power by… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
First, the constitution ought to secure a genuine and guard against a select militia, by providing that the militia shall always be… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
“militia. As they passed a field of broom-corn several men suddenly disappeared, their swift course through the cane being easily followed by… — George W. Cable Copy Share Image
The economy - once a great scatter of small productive units in autonomous balance, has become dominated by two or three hundred… — C. Wright Mills Copy Share Image
The militia, who are in fact the effective part of the people at large, will render many troops quite unecessary. They will… — Tench Coxe Copy Share Image
Have we the means of resisting disciplined armies, when our only defense, the militia, is put in the hands of Congress? Of… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
If the guy out in the woods with the Michigan Militia is a real estate negotiator, instead of some crackpot, and has… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
A well-regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defense of a… — George Mason Copy Share Image
When the East Timor conflict broke out, when they gained independence, the militia killed a lot of East Timorese people. And their… — Steve Irwin 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 Keith], who was governor of Pennsylvania, to disarm the people. That it was the best and most effectual way to enslave them. But that they should not do it openly…” quote by George Mason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba9/george-mason-8435_2-amendment_when-the-resolution-of-enslaving-america_844300.jpg)
