Abiding Quote by James Madison

A government which does not trust its citizens to be armed is not itself to be trusted.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

Only a government that does not trust its citizens would refuse them the right to bear arms.

— Curt Weldon

No government can be trusted, that does not trust its own people with military-style arms of greater weight and power than those possessed by…

— Vin Suprynowicz

Never trust a government that doesn't trust its own citizens with guns.

— Benjamin Franklin

Do not trust governments more than governments trust their own people.

— Andrei Sakharov

How do you trust a government whose people are proved to be untrustworthy?

— Kapil Sibal

Trust is a two way street. If your government does not trust you, how can you trust your government?

— Bruce Montague

I don't trust a government I can't shoot back at

— Claire Wolfe

To blindly trust government is to automatically vest it with excessive power. To distrust government is simply to trust humanity - to trust in…

— James Bovard

All government is a trust. Every branch of government is a trust, and immemorially acknowledged to be so.

— Jeremy Bentham

“I need to say this – you shouldn't trust any government, actually including this one. You should not trust government – full stop. The…

— Nick Clegg

When any nation mistrusts it's citizens with guns, it's sending a clear message. It no longer trusts it's citizens because such a government has…

— George Washington