- “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.” –Second Amendment, United States Constitution
- “The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of the republic; since it offers a strong moral check against usurpation and arbitrary power of the rulers; and will generally, even if these are successful in the first instance, enable the people to resist and triumph over them.” —Justice Joseph Story, “Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States”, 1833
- “No freeman shall ever be debarred the use of arms.” —Thomas Jefferson
- “It ought to be a law that people must have a gun in their homes. I know many fine police officers. But we can’t depend on the police to protect us anymore. The value of human life means nothing to [criminals]. If it had been my house [this thug] came in on, he would have wound up at Coulter Funeral Home.” –General Sessions Court Judge Bob Moon (Chattanooga, TN) advising a female victim of a home invasion to buy a gun. [When seconds count, the police are only minutes away]
- “The ultimate authority … resides in the people alone. … The advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation … forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition.” —James Madison
- “If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go from us in peace. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen!” —Sam Adams
- “They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” —Benjamin Franklin
- “What is a left-wing socialist but a Marxist without a gun?” —Don Feder
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