Second Amendment Quotes

109 quotes by 81 authors

Gun control means being able to hit your target. If I have a 'hot button' issue, this is definitely it. Don't even think about taking… — Michael Badnarik
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
Everyone wants to live at the expense of the state. They forget that the state wants to live at the expense of everyone. — Frederic Bastiat
The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said,… — Andrew Carnegie
...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
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
Foolish liberals who are trying to read the Second Amendment out of the constitution by claiming it's not an individual right or that it's too… — Alan Dershowitz
She is running around talking about how this is an insult to sportsmen, how she values the Second Amendment. She's talking like she's Annie Oakley. — Barack Obama
I strongly support the Second Amendment and I believe the Second Amendment ought to be preserved - which means no gun control. — John McCain
The framers gave us the Second Amendment not so we could go deer or duck hunting but to give us a modicum of protection against… — Walter E. Williams
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
Without either the first or second amendment, we would have no liberty; the first allows us to find out what's happening, the second allows us… — Andrew Ford
As I have stood in the crosshairs of those who target Second Amendment freedoms, I've realized that firearms are not the only issue. No, it's… — Charlton Heston
The National Guard fulfills the militia mentioned in the Second amendment. Citizens no longer need to protect the states or themselves. — Dianne Feinstein
The Second Amendment only protects the people who want all the guns they can have. The rest of us, we've got no Second Amendment. What… — Louise Slaughter
The Second Amendment comes from the right to protect themselves from slave revolts, and from uprisings by Native Americans. A revolt from people who were… — Danny Glover
Reread that pesky first clause of the Second Amendment. It doesn't say what any of us thought it said. What it says is that infringing… — L. Neil Smith
The Second Amendment of our Bill of Rights is my Concealed Weapons Permit, period. — Ted Nugent
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

Who Wrote These Second Amendment Quotes

81 authors contributed a total of 109 Second Amendment Quotes, led by these top contributors: