The Second Amendment:
A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed. |
[The Constitution preserves] the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation...(where) the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.
---James Madison,The Federalist Papers, No. 46. |
Patrick Henry shot back that the power to resist oppression rests upon the right to possess arms:
Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined. |
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I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.
Thomas Jefferson |
No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms.
Thomas Jefferson |
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To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.
Thomas Jefferson
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One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.
Thomas Jefferson |
The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that... it is their right and duty to be at all times armed.
Thomas Jefferson |
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Be without fear in the face of your enemies.
Stand brave and upright, that the Lord may love thee.
Speak the truth always, even if it means your death.
Protect the helpless and do no wrong.
from KNIGHTS TEMPLAR |
Randall Smith: liberal modernity has done untold damage because it was animated by a narrative that blinded its adherents to their own prejudice and intolerance. |
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“Anyone worth shooting once is worth shooting twice.” |
“Be polite, be professional and have a plan to kill everyone you meet.” |
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Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, He'll just kill you. |
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"I ask sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people except for a few politicians."
- George Mason (father of the Bill of Rights and The Virginia Declaration of Rights) |
"... arms ... discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property.... Horrid mischief would ensue were (the law-abiding) deprived the use of them."
- Thomas Paine |
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