--- title: "3 Neal Knox Quotes - Famous Journalist (Neal Knox - The Gun Rights War)" description: "Clifford Neal Knox was a board member and officer of the National Rifle Association of America (NRA), gun magazine writer and editor, gun rights activis..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-andrei-grechko-70608.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Neal Knox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-andrei-grechko-70608.jpg) # Neal Knox (1935–2005) Journalist United States **3** quotes in **42** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Neal Knox was a journalist from the United States, best known for *Neal Knox - The Gun Rights War*. ## Quick Facts About Neal Knox Born June 20, 1935 Died January 17, 2005 Nationality United States Profession Journalist Notable works Neal Knox - The Gun Rights War ## About Neal Knox Clifford Neal Knox was a board member and officer of the National Rifle Association of America (NRA), gun magazine writer and editor, gun rights activist, and prolific author of technical firearms articles and articles related to his interpretation of the Second Amendment and views on firearms laws. ## Quotes by Neal Knox > ["Compromise" means giving up more than the other side is big enough to take; if and when they have the muscle, they'll…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-knox/compromise-means-giving-up-more-than-the-other-side-is-big-enough-to/) [Neal Knox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-knox/) [Back doors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/back-doors/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce6/neal-knox-78405_back-doors_compromise-means-giving-up-more-than-the_53904.jpg) > [Without freedom there will be no firearms among the people; without firearms among the people there will not long be freedom. Certainly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-knox/without-freedom-there-will-be-no-firearms-among-the-people-without/) [Neal Knox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-knox/) [Amendment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amendment/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad4/neal-knox-78405_amendment_without-freedom-there-will-be-no-firearm_130855.jpg) > [You can fight a porcupine and win, but if other folks get a look at you they may think it's a bad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-knox/you-can-fight-a-porcupine-and-win-but-if-other-folks-get-a-look-at/) [Neal Knox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-knox/) [Bad idea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bad-idea/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ab/neal-knox-78405_bad-idea_you-can-fight-a-porcupine-and-win-but-if_398491.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-knox/#itemlist", "name": "Neal Knox Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "\"Compromise\" means giving up more than the other side is big enough to take; if and when they have the muscle, they'll be back for more, regardless of what has been given up in an attempt to appear reasonable. 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