Thomas Jefferson said: "When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."
"The federal government is our servant, not our master!"
James Madison, the main author of the US constitution, said: "The governments of Europe are afraid to trust the people with arms. If they did, the people would surely shake off the yoke of tyranny."
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"The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed."
-- Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers
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"And that the said Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress ... to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms.... "
--Samuel Adams
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"The people are not to be disarmed of their weapons. They are left in full possession of them."
-- Zacharia Johnson, delegate to Virginia Ratifying Convention
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"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the outcome of the vote."
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-- Benjamin Franklin
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"God grants Liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it."
-- Daniel Webster
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The constitutions of most of our States assert, that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by themselves, in all cases to which they think themselves competent, (as in electing their functionaries executive and legislative, and deciding by a jury of themselves, in all judiciary cases in which any fact is involved,) or they may act by representatives, freely and equally chosen; that it is their right and duty to be at all times armed; that they are entitled to freedom of person, freedom of religion, freedom of property, and freedom of the press.
-- Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Major John Cartwright
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"Today, we need a nation of Minutemen, citizens who are not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as the basic purpose of their daily life and who are willing to consciously work and sacrifice for that freedom."
-- John F. Kennedy
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"...quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit, occidentis telum est."
[...A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer..]
-- (Lucius Annaeus) Seneca "the Younger" (ca. 4 BC-65 AD)
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American Gun Control - The Push To Disarm Americans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=itthVyjHW9Q#t=37s
Published on Mar 21, 2013
In America, because of the vast number of firearms in the hands of its law abiding citizens and the laws allowing them to protect themselves and their property, it is impossible to gauge how many lives have been saved and serious injuries prevented by the simple fact that criminals cannot be certain who is armed and who is not. It makes for a decidedly dangerous work environment for the criminal. Criminals, for safety sake, will almost certainly prefer to strike at the weakest link - the most vulnerable - those least likely to be able to defend themselves or offer resistance.
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President Obamas Ex-Secret Service Agent Says It is Not Gun Control, It is People Control.
Published on Mar 29, 2013 by TheMassiveTruth1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii5RUjkyS3Y
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