Quotes - Page 3

""...most attractive to Americans, the possession of arms is the distinction between a freeman and a slave, it being the ultimate means by which freedom was to be preserved.""

Quote by James Burgh on freeman vs slave

""THE RIGHT OF SELF-DEFENSE NEVER CEASES. IT IS AMONG THE MOST SACRED, AND ALIKE NECESSARY TO NATIONS AND TO INDIVIDUALS.""

Quote by James Monroe on natural right of self-defense

""THE GREAT OBJECT IS, THAT EVERY MAN BE ARMED...EVERY ONE WHO IS ABLE MAY HAVE A GUN.""

Quote by Patrick Henry on universal armament

""THE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY...RESIDES IN THE PEOPLE ALONE...THE ADVANTAGE OF BEING ARMED, WHICH THE AMERICANS POSSESS OVER THE PEOPLE OF ALMOST EVERY OTHER NATION...FORMS A BARRIER AGAINST THE ENTERPRISES OF AMBITION.""

Quote by James Madison on armed americans vs other nations

""We have already recognized in Heller at least one way in which the Second Amendment's historically fixed meaning applies to new circumstances: Its reference to 'arms' does not apply 'only [to] those arms in existence in the 18th century.' 'Just as the First Amendment protects modern forms of communications, and the Fourth Amendment applies to modern forms of search, the Second Amendment extends, prima facie, to all instruments that constitute bearable arms, even those that were not in existence at the time of the founding.'""

Quote by Supreme Court on modern arms interpretation

""That the people have a right to bear arms for the defence of themselves and the State; and as standing armies in time of peace are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be kept up; and that the military should be kept under strict subordination to and governed by the civil power.""

Quote by Vermont Constitution (1777) on quote

""The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws of such a nature. They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes.... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.""

Quote by Thomas Jefferson/Cesare Beccaria on arms laws

""A MILITIA, WHEN PROPERLY FORMED, ARE IN FACT THE PEOPLE THEMSELVES...AND INCLUDE ALL MEN CAPABLE OF BEARING ARMS.""

Quote by Richard Henry Lee on militia composition

""A man may repel force by force in defense of his person, against any one who manifestly intends or endeavors by violence or surprise feloniously to kill him. And he is not obliged to retreat, but he may pursue his adversary until he has secured himself from all danger; and if he kill him in so doing, it is justifiable self defense.""

Quote by Chief Justice Parsons on self defense law

""The sentiment of the American nation is opposed to standing armies, nor will the wisdom of the government, permit a greater regular force, than is sufficient to garrison our frontier posts, and the most exposed of our sea-ports.—A well regulated militia has always been esteemed the best resource of a free people, and is relied upon by the United States as the surest bulwark of National defence.""

Quote by W.C.C. Claiborne on territorial governor

""RIGHTS OF CITIZENS. BILL OF RIGHTS—First Ten Amendments (Private Rights). 1. Freedom of religion, speech and press. 2. Right to bear arms.""

Quote by 1907 Civics Textbook on quote

""The right of self defense rests upon a law of necessity. It is the natural and inalienable right of every human being, and it is to be held sacred and inviolable by any law of human or civil institution. It does not depend upon any law of society. It is derived from a higher source; is coeval with man's natural being; and hence it is with truth and reason said that self-preservation is the first law of nature.""

Quote by Natural Law on self defense