America Quote by John Longenecker

“Liberty and personal independence in America are still a concept some here have never known.”

John Longenecker

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There is no problem anywhere on the earth which cannot be solved better under Liberty than under any other system.

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Nothing puts peace in its proper perspective better than the loss of personal liberty first.

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It's time to repeal gun bans everywhere in the United States.

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. . when the target of crime is armed, there is more law present, more public policy present, and more public interest served than…

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Nothing puts the dignity in personal dignity (or the freedom in personal freedom) like the self in self-rule.

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There is no policy which will ever be as effective a deterrent in the mind of the mass marauder as the advance knowledge -…

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The community does not fight crime well by chasing it; after-the-fact, crime has won and the target of violence is injured or worse. Crime…

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There is a feeling of personal dignity and independence in grasping, literally, the power to back your refusal to be a target of a…

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The health of the second amendment is the primary indicator of the overall health of the nation.

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