When firearms go, all goes- we need them every hour. 

-President George Washington

Arms in the hands of citizens (may) be used at individual discretion ... in private self-defense.                           

-John Adams, A defense of the Constitutions of the

                         Government of the United States of America(1778) 

Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom under any government, no matter how popular and respected, is the right of citizens to keep and bear arms. 

-Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, 22 October 1959

Oppressors can tyrannize only when they achieve a standing army, an enslaved press and a disarmed populace.                 

-James Madison

The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.

-Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers

The Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms.

-Samuel Adams

It is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks. It is legal and lawful to own a shotgun or rifle. We believe in obeying the law.

-Malcolm X, 12 March 1964

God grants liberty only to those who are ready to guard and defend it.

-Daniel Webster, 3 June 1834

An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.

-Robert A. Heinlein, Beyond This Horizon 1942

Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest.

-Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government.

-President George Washington 

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