Second Amendment Quotes

109 quotes by 81 authors

The militia, who are in fact the effective part of the people at large, will render many troops quite unecessary. They will form a powerful… — Tench Coxe
Liberty and order will never be perfectly safe until a trespass on the Constitution provisions for either, shall be felt with the same keenness that… — James Madison
There is a sort of Neo-Confederate thread that runs through these sort of pro-gun movements and the NRA movement. — Joy-Ann Reid
Our supportfor assault weapons ban is very broad...I think we've got all the police, we have all the mayors virtually - the conference of mayors,… — Dianne Feinstein
Gun control has proved to be a grievous failure, a means of disarming honest citizens without limiting firepower available to those who prey on the… — Doug Bandow
Before the advent of Hitler or Stalin, who took their power from the German and the Russian people, measures were thrust upon the free legislatures… — Edwin Arthur Hall
Any unarmed people are slaves, or are subject to slavery at any given moment. If the guns are taken out of the hands of the… — Huey Newton
An efficient militia is authorized and contemplated by the Constitution and required by the spirit and safety of free government. — James Madison
Gun registration is not enough. — Janet Reno
One of the basic conditions for the victory of socialism is the arming of the workers Communist and the disarming of the bourgeoisie the middle… — Vladimir Lenin
O sir, we should have fine times, indeed, if, to punish tyrants, it were only sufficient to assemble the people! Your arms, wherewith you could… — Patrick Henry
The right of citizens to bear arms is just one guarantee against arbitrary government, one more safeguard against the tyranny which now appears remote in… — Hubert H. Humphrey
As He died to make men holy, let us live to make men free. — Julia Ward Howe
A man who gets the reputation of rising at dawn can sleep to noon. — Winston Churchill
The unarmed man is not just defenseless - he is also contemptible. — Niccolo Machiavelli
Personal weapons are what raised mankind out of the mud, and the rifle is the queen of personal weapons. — Jeff Cooper
The Second Amendment has no place in modern society. — Alan Dershowitz
Almost all gun control legislation is constitutionally fine. And if the court is right, then fundamentalism does not justify the view that the Second Amendment… — Cass Sunstein
Ultimately, I wanted to own a big truck, exercise my second Amendment rights, listen to hardcore music, and let my congressman know how poorly he… — Mark Twight
Dr. King kept guns in his home to protect himself and his family. After firebombing and numerous death threats by racists, his application for a… — Massad Ayoob

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