Quotes

[Timothy]

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

-Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers

[Rob10ring]

"One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them."
-- Thomas Jefferson, to George Washington, June 19, 1796.

[Rob10ring]

"The purpose of the Second Amendment is not to repel foreign invaders, but to assure the ability to overthrow the government if it ceases to be a government run for and by the people". -- Thomas Jefferson.

[Rob10ring]

"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!" -- Benjamin Franklin

[Rob10ring]

"Let your gun be your companion on all your walks." -- Thomas Jefferson

I already have a database, we should just put all in a PDF and post it for download.

[Sponsor]

[Rob10ring]

"Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the people's liberty teeth keystone... the rifle and the pistol are equally indispensable... more than 99% of them by their silence indicate that they are in safe and sane hands. The very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference. When firearms go, all goes, we need them every hour." George Washington, Address to 1st session of Congress

[ratcatcher55]

"The price of freedom is the willingness to do sudden battle anywhere, at any time with utter recklessness."
R A Heinlein

Saw it on a Oleg Volk poster last week

[Timothy]

“Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation.....the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.”

-James Madison

[Timothy]

“To preserve liberty it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them…”

-Richard Henry Lee, 1788

[long762range]

Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors... and miss.
Robert A. Heinlein