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"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
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"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
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"industry of war is the industry of shame" »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"The snakes are always against the prohibition of the poisons; and the arms traders, of the arms!" »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"Like the bee, we should make our industry our amusement." »James Goldsmith
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"A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them a fortune." »Richard Whately
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"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
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"Parents? affection is best shown by their teaching their children industry and self-denial." »Burmese Proverb
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"Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion." »Edmund Burke, Speech to the electors of Bristol. 3 Nov. 1774
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"God has so made the mind of man that a peculiar deliciousness resides in the fruits of personal industry." »Wilberforce
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"It will go down in history as a turning point for the music industry. This is landmark stuff. I can't overestimate it!" »Steve Jobs
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"There are two things in particular that it [the computer industry] failed to foresee: one was the coming of the Internet(...); the other was the fact that the century would end." »Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt
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"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
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"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
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"If Thomas Edison invented electric light today, Dan Rather would report it on CBS News as candle making industry threatened." »Newt Gingrich
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"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
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"I have 20" arms and a 30" waist" »John Quinlan (wrestler)
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"By force of arms." »Cicero
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"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
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"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." »Thomas Jefferson
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"An American is a man with two arms and four wheels." »A Chinese Child
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"By force of arms.
(Vi Et Armis)" »Cicero
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"When you go ice-skating, try not to swing your arms too much, because that really annoys me." »Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
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"Diplomacy without arms is like music without instruments." »Frederick the Great
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"You can only flap your arms so much before gravity catches up to you." »J & A Foundation
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"Law stands mute in the midst of arms." »Cicero
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"Though you may yourself abound in treasure, teach your son some handicraft; for a heavy purse of gold and silver may run to waste, but the purse of the artisan?s industry can never get empty." »Sa?di
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