Bear Arms Quotes

66 quotes by 52 authors

Despite two decisions, in 2008 and 2010, by the U.S. Supreme Court unequivocally affirming that the Second Amendment to the Constitution guarantees an individual right… — Bob Barr
A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms agains himself. He makes… — Ambrose Bierce
...The Bill of Rights is a literal and absolute document. The First Amendment doesn't say you have a right to speak out unless the government… — Harry Browne
Modern war appears as a struggle led by all the State apparatuses and their general staffs against all men old enough to bear arms... — Simone Weil
Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom under any government, no matter how popular and respected, is the right of citizens to keep and… — Hubert H. Humphrey
I say that the Second Amendment doesn't allow for exceptions - or else it would have read that the right "to keep and bear arms… — Harry Browne
With the right to bear arms comes a great responsibility to use caution and common sense on handgun purchases. — Ronald Reagan
Just as the First and Fourth Amendment secure individual rights of speech and security respectively, the Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep and… — John Ashcroft
By calling attention to 'a well regulated militia,' 'the security of the nation,' and the right of each citizen 'to keep and bear arms,' our… — John F. Kennedy
The First Amendment is crucial. Of course it is. So are all the others. And the Second Amendment is the one that guarantees that people… — Charlton Heston
The people have a right to keep and bear arms. — Patrick Henry
It would also be strange to find in the midst of a catalog of the rights of individuals a provision securing to the states the… — Antonin Scalia
If the constitutional right to keep and bear arms is to mean anything, it must, as a general matter, permit a person to possess, carry… — David Prosser, Jr.
The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the state shall not be questioned. — James Madison
Now the trumpet summons us again - not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need; not as a call to battle, though… — John F. Kennedy
That the people have a Right to mass and to bear arms; that a well regulated militia composed of the Body of the people, trained… — George Mason
The Constitution of the United States of America clearly affirms the right of every American citizen to bear arms. And as Americans, we will not… — Malcolm X
And it never, ever was interpreted that the Second Amendment meant individual's right to bear arms — Rosie O'Donnell
I love the freedoms we got in this country, I appreciate your freedom to burn your flag if you want to, but I really appreciate… — Johnny Cash
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not… — Robert A. Heinlein

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