Citizens Quote by Niccolo Machiavelli

A government that does not trust it's law-abiding citizens to keep and bear arms is itself unworthy of trust.

— James Madison

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

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

— Curt Weldon

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

— Andrei Sakharov

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

Nations do not distrust each other because they are armed. They are armed because they distrust each other.

— Ronald Reagan

A heavily armed citizenry is not about overthrowing the government; it is about preventing the government from overthrowing liberty.

— Lawrence Hunter

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

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

— Claire Wolfe

We don't depend on other countries to keep our armed services equipped.

— Abigail Spanberger

Even a captured enemy is not to be trusted.

— Chanakya