The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more...

I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more...

If the freedom of religion, guaranteed to us by law in theory, can ever rise...

If the freedom of religion, guaranteed to us by law in theory, can ever rise...

I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt...

I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt...

At last now you can be what the old cannot recall and the young long...

At last now you can be what the old cannot recall and the young long...

None but an armed nation can dispense with a standing army. To keep ours armed...

None but an armed nation can dispense with a standing army. To keep ours armed...

One insult pocketed soon produces another

One insult pocketed soon produces another

Motherhood is the keystone of the arch of matrimonial happiness

Motherhood is the keystone of the arch of matrimonial happiness

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

The most truthful part of a newspaper is the advertisements

The most truthful part of a newspaper is the advertisements

I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the...

I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the...

No man will ever bring out of the presidency the reputation which carries him into...

No man will ever bring out of the presidency the reputation which carries him into...

Where a new invention promises to be useful, it ought to be tried

Where a new invention promises to be useful, it ought to be tried

Don't talk about what you have done or what you are going to do.

Don't talk about what you have done or what you are going to do.

The merchant has no country

The merchant has no country

How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.

How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.

The freedom of the press is on of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can...

The freedom of the press is on of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can...

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have

Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace

Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace

If war is ever lawful, then peace is sometimes sinful

If war is ever lawful, then peace is sometimes sinful

While there is a chance of the world getting through its troubles, I hold that...

While there is a chance of the world getting through its troubles, I hold that...

A just war is in the long run far better for a mans soul than...

A just war is in the long run far better for a mans soul than...