“Arms are the only true badge of liberty. The possession of arms is the distinction of a free man from a slave.”
— Andrew Fletcher
“A militia, when properly formed, are in fact the people themselves… and include all men capable of bearing arms.”
— Richard Henry Lee
“Americans have the will to resist because you have weapons. If you don’t have a gun, freedom of speech has no power.”
— Yoshimi Ishikawa, Japanese journalist
“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
“An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it.”
— Jeff Cooper
“Man has to wring Liberty not only from tyrants, but also from his fellow men who are not only unwilling to fight for it, but also unwilling to let anyone else fight for it.”
— Paul I. Wellman, ‘The Iron Mistress’
“Arms are the only true badge of liberty. The possession of arms is the distinction of a free man from a slave.”
— Andrew Fletcher
“A militia, when properly formed, are in fact the people themselves… and include all men capable of bearing arms.”
— Richard Henry Lee
“Americans have the will to resist because you have weapons. If you don’t have a gun, freedom of speech has no power.”
— Yoshimi Ishikawa, Japanese journalist
“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
“An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it.”
— Jeff Cooper
“Man has to wring Liberty not only from tyrants, but also from his fellow men who are not only unwilling to fight for it, but also unwilling to let anyone else fight for it.”
— Paul I. Wellman, ‘The Iron Mistress’
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