America Quote by Molly Ivins

An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.

— Robert A. Heinlein

I do believe that an armed society is a polite society.

— John Popper

I'm saying, let's learn to reacquire a respect for the power of guns. This culture is so indifferent and disrespectful of guns that we…

— Christopher McQuarrie

This is not the beginning of American civilization where we need guns because it's the Wild, Wild West... There should not be guns in…

— Rick Pitino

Guns are part of the American psyche, aren't they? This is collateral damage for having a Wild West mentality. It's intrinsic to the American…

— Nick Cave

We have more guns in our country than citizens. I think we could with maybe 100 million fewer guns. And I think we'd be OK.

— Jeffrey Wright

For a gun-toting nation, Americans are surprisingly passive.

— John Lydon

In truth, there is no rational argument for guns in this society. This is no longer a frontier nation in which people hunt their…

— Molly Ivins

Every country has violent, hateful, or mentally unstable people. What's different is not every country is awash with easily accessible guns.

— Barack Obama

I kind of think we have too many guns in this country,

— Piers Morgan

We have a lot of goodness in this country. And we should promote it, but never through the barrel of a gun. We should…

— Ron Paul

“Too many of us treat guns with genial familiarity. Guns should give us the heebie-jeebies. They are killing machines. That is all they are.…

— Kurt Vonnegut Jr