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Second Amendment Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- The people will not understand the importance of the Second Amendment until it is too late.
- No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms.
- For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security.
- It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may,…
- The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny…
- Laws that forbid the carrying of arms . . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes . . .…
- The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it.
More Second Amendment Quotes
- Gun control means being able to hit your target. If I have a 'hot button' issue, this is definitely it. Don't even… — Michael Badnarik
- Everyone wants to live at the expense of the state. They forget that the state wants to live at the expense of… — Frederic Bastiat
- Foolish liberals who are trying to read the Second Amendment out of the constitution by claiming it's not an individual right or… — Alan Dershowitz
- As I have stood in the crosshairs of those who target Second Amendment freedoms, I've realized that firearms are not the only… — 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… — Louise Slaughter
- Reread that pesky first clause of the Second Amendment. It doesn't say what any of us thought it said. What it says… — L. Neil Smith
- By calling attention to 'a well regulated militia,' 'the security of the nation,' and the right of each citizen 'to keep and… — John F. Kennedy