“No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.”
-Thomas Jefferson
Category Archives: Quotes
A militia when properly formed
“A militia when properly formed are in fact the people themselves… and include all men capable of bearing arms. . . To preserve liberty it is essential that the whole body of people always possess arms.”
-Richard Henry Lee
TYRANNY OVER THE MIND
Quote of the Day
“I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.”
-Thomas Jefferson
It is not the function of our government
“It is not the function of our government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error.”
-Robert H. Jackson
When the government fears
“When the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.”
-Thomas Jefferson
One legislator accused me of having a nineteenth-century attitude
“One legislator accused me of having a nineteenth-century attitude on law and order. That is a totally false charge. I have an eighteenth-century attitude. That is when the Founding Fathers made it clear that the safety of law-abiding citizens should be one of the government’s primary concerns.”
-Ronald Reagan
We identify the flag with almost everything we hold dear
“We identify the flag with almost everything we hold dear on earth, peace, security, liberty, our family, our friends, our home. . .But when we look at our flag and behold it emblazoned with all our rights we must remember that it is equally a symbol of our duties. Every glory that we associate with it is the result of duty done.”
-Calvin Coolidge
Loyalty to the country always
“Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the government when it deserves it.”
-Mark Twain
Morally treasonable to the American public
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
-Theodore Roosevelt
