Bearing arms Quote by Joel Barlow

If, in the opinion of the people, the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected…

— George Washington

Laws that forbid the carrying of arms . . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes . .…

— Thomas Jefferson

As civil rulers, not having their duty to the people duly before them, may attempt to tyrannize,... The people are confirmed by the next…

— Tench Coxe

What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance?…

— Thomas Jefferson

A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.

— Seneca the Younger

For an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.

— Thomas Jefferson

The possession of unnecessary implements makes difficult the collection of taxes and dues and tends to foment uprisings.

— Toyotomi Hideyoshi

My great objection to this government is, that it does not leave us the means of defending our rights, or of waging war against…

— Patrick Henry

Laws that forbid the carrying of arms disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes.

— Thomas Jefferson

We can't be so fixated on our desire to preserve the rights of ordinary Americans...

— William J. Clinton

The balance of power is the scale of peace. The same balance would be preserved were all the world not destitute of arms, for…

— Thomas Paine

The laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. Can it be supposed that…

— Cesare Beccaria