| "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 |
| "There are only two ways by which to rise in this world, either by one's own industry or by the stupidity of others." »Jean de la Bruyere |
| "A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them a fortune." »Richard Whately |
| "Men are generally idle, and ready to satisfy themselves, and intimidate the industry of others, by calling that impossible which is only difficult." »Samuel Johnson |
| "The miracle, or the power, that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application, and perseverance under the prompting of a brave, determined spirit." »Mark Twain |
| "My father always told me that all businessmen were sons of bitches, but I never believed it till now. (On steel industry executives who increased prices)" »John Fitzgerald Kennedy |
| "If Thomas Edison invented electric light today, Dan Rather would report it on CBS News as candle making industry threatened." »Newt Gingrich |
| "Imagination, industry, and intelligence-the three I's-are all indispensable to the actress, but of these three the greatest is, without doubt, imagination." »Ellen Terry |
| "From the point of view of the pharmaceutical industry, the AIDS problem has already been solved. After all, we already have a drug which can be sold at the incredible price of 8,000 an annual dose, and which has the added virtue of not diminishing the market by actually curing anyone." »Barbara Ehrenreich |
| "In early childhood you may lay the foundation of poverty or riches, industry or idleness, good or evil, by the habits to which you train your children. Teach them right habits then, and their future life is safe." »Lydia Sigourney |
| "By force of arms." »Cicero |
| "The founding fathers in their wisdom decided that children were an unnatural strain on parents. So they provided jails called schools, equipped with tortures called education. School is where you go between when your parents can't take you and industry can't take you." »John Updike |
| "An American is a man with two arms and four wheels." »A Chinese Child |
| "You can only flap your arms so much before gravity catches up to you." »J & A Foundation |
| "I have 20" arms and a 30" waist" »John Quinlan (wrestler) |
| "No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." »Thomas Jefferson |
| "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 |
| "We don't move with our legs and arms, but with courage and will power." »Mehmet Murat ildan |
| "Law stands mute in the midst of arms." »Cicero |
| "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 |
| "Ideas must work through the brains and the arms of good and brave men, or they are no better than dreams." »Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| "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 |
| "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 |
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