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Laws that forbid the carrying of arms . . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes . . . Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.
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To learn, you have to listen. To improve, you have to try.
Free men do not ask permission to bear arms
Equal rights for all, special privileges for none
To consider judges as the ultimate arbiters of all constitutional questions is a very dangerous doctrine indeed, and one which would place us under the despotism of an oligarchy.
When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.
A true patriot will defend his country from its government.
A well informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny.
It is the old practice of despots to use a part of the people to keep the rest in order.
When you abandon freedom to achieve security, you lose both and deserve neither.
The federal government is our servant, not our master.
