Right To Bear Arms Quotes

Right To Bear Arms Quotes by William Barclay, Laurence Silberman, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Patrick Henry, Hillary Clinton, Samuel Adams and many others.

Self-defense is a part of the law of nature;
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Self-defense is a part of the law of nature;
nor can it be denied the community,
even against the king himself.
William Barclay
Judge Laurence Silberman explains the origins of his ruling against the ban on handguns in Washington, D.C. He explains, ‘It wasn’t a right to bear arms granted by the Constitution, it was a right that was protected by the Constitution.’
Laurence Silberman
The possession of unnecessary implements makes difficult the collection of taxes and dues and tends to foment uprisings.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.
Patrick Henry
There’s no doubt that I respect the Second Amendment, that I also believe there’s an individual right to bear arms. That is not in conflict with sensible, commonsense regulation.
Hillary Clinton
The Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the rights of conscience; or to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms.
Samuel Adams
We can’t be so fixated on our desire to preserve the rights of ordinary Americans.
William J. Clinton
Sometimes just being still is the best thing you can do for yourself.
Silas House
We’re a heart attack away from losing the right to bear arms.
Jeff Foxworthy
No clause in the Constitution could by any rule of construction be conceived to give to congress a power to disarm the people.
William Rawle
I understand the Second Amendment. I support it. People have the right to bear arms.
Rudy Giuliani
In my view, the right to bear arms is in the Constitution for three main reasons: self-protection, community protection, and protection from tyrrany.
Glenn Beck
I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.
Thomas Jefferson
Americans have the right and advantage of being armed – unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.
James Madison
To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of people always possess arms.
Richard Henry Lee
We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.
Abraham Lincoln
The right of citizens to bear arms is just one guarantee against arbitrary government, one more safeguard against the tyranny which now appears remote in America, but which historically has proved to be always possible.
Hubert H. Humphrey