| "No kingdom can be secured otherwise than by arming the people. The possession of arms is the distinction between a freeman and a slave. He, who has nothing, and who himself belongs to another, must be defended by him, whose property he is, and needs no arms. But he, who thinks he is his own master, and has what he can call his own, ought to have arms to defend himself and what he possesses else he lives precariously, and at discretion." »James Burgh |
| "Are we at last brought to such a humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our own defence Where is the difference between having our arms in our own possession and under our own direction, and having them under the management of Congress If our defence be therealobject of having those arms, in whose hands can they be trusted with more propriety, or equal safety to us, as in our own hands" »Patrick Henry |
| "The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to permit the conquered Eastern peoples to have arms. History teaches that all conquerors who have allowed their subject races to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by doing so." »Adolf Hitler |
| "The 2nd amendment was never intended to allow private citizens to 'keep and bear arms.' If it had, there would have been wording such as 'the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.'" »Ken Konecki |
| "Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom under any government, no matter how popular and respected, is the right of the citizens to keep and bear arms. This is not to say that firearms should not be carefully used and that definite safety rules of precaution should not be taught and enforced. But the right of the citizens to bear arms is just one guarantee against arbitrary government and one more safeguard against a tyranny which now appears remote in America, but which historically has proved to be always possible." »Hubert Humphrey |
| "By force of arms." »Cicero |
| "You can only flap your arms so much before gravity catches up to you." »J & A Foundation |
| "An American is a man with two arms and four wheels." »A Chinese Child |
| "No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." »Thomas Jefferson |
| "Law stands mute in the midst of arms." »Cicero |
| "When you go ice-skating, try not to swing your arms too much, because that really annoys me." »Jack Handey Deep Thoughts |
| "I just wish we knew a little less about his urethra and a little more about his arms sales to Iran." »Andrew A. Rooney |
| "Arguments are like fire-arms which a man may keep at home but should not carry about with him." »Samuel Butler |
| "I just wrap my arms around the whole backfield and peel 'em one by one until I get to the ball carrier. Him I keep." »Big Daddy Lipscomb |
| "Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense" »Patrick Henry |
| "When I held you in my arms at your baptism, I wanted it to be a fresh start, for you to be more complete than we had ever been ourselves, but I wonder if we expected too much." »Richard Olton |
| "Ideas must work through the brains and the arms of good and brave men, or they are no better than dreams." »Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| "First it is necessary to stand on your own two feet. But the minute a man finds himself in that position, the next thing he should do is reach out his arms." »Kristin Hunter |
| "Let arms give place to the robe, and the laurel of the warriors yield to the tongue of the orator." »Cicero |
| "You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present." »Jan Glidewell |
| "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." »U. S. Constitution |
| "Action is at bottom a swinging and flailing of the arms to regain one's balance and keep afloat." »Eric Hoffer |
| "Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men." »Marcus Valerius Martialis |
| "The right of bearing arms for a lawful purpose is not a right granted by the Constitution neither is it in any manner dependent upon that instrument for its existence." »U.S. vs Cruikshan |
| "You have to walk carefully in the beginning of love the running across fields into your lover's arms can only come later when you're sure they won't laugh if you trip." »Jonathan Carroll |
| "The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government." »Thomas Jefferson |
| "Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest." »Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi |
| "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." »Mahatma Gandhi |
| "There isnothing greater than touching the shore after crossing some great body of water knowing that I've done it with my own two arms and legs." »Diana Nyad |
| "N.B. This quote refers to the British disarmament of the Indian Army. Gandhi never advocated the individual right to bear arms." »Mahatma Gandhi |
| BTW, Why won't you become an editor? |
