“Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom in Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any bands of regular troops that can be, on any pretense, raised in the United States.”
-Noah Webster
“We, the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow men who pervert the Constitution.”
-Abraham Lincoln
“The tank, the B-52, the fighter-bomber, the state controlled police and the military are the weapons of dictatorship. The rifle is the weapon of democracy… If guns are outlawed, only the government will have guns. Only the police, the secret police, the military, the hired servants of our rulers. Only the government—and a few outlaws. I intend to be among the outlaws.”
-Edward Abbey
“What we need are critical lovers of America – patriots who express their faith in their country by working to improve it.”
-Hubert Humphrey
“Every good citizen makes his country’s honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and its conscious that he gains protection while he gives it.”
-Andrew Jackson
We can’t all be Washington’s, but we can all be patriots.
-Charles F. Browne
If our country is worth dying for in time of war let us resolve that it is truly worth living for in time of peace.
-Hamilton Fish
From the people who brought you “zero tolerance,” I present the Gun-Free Zone! Yippee! Problem solved! Bam! Bam! Everybody down! Hey, how did that deranged loner get a gun into this Gun-Free Zone?”
-Ann Coulter
The very definition of tyranny is when all powers are gathered under one place”
-James Madison
To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.”
-George Washington
