Citizens have the natural right and the common sense duty to protect themselves, their families, their communities, and their property...guns are the equalizing tools of self-protection, utopian lamentations notwithstanding.

Quote by Edgar A Suter

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Governments should not possess instruments of coercion and violence denied to their citizens.

Governments should not possess instruments of coercion and violence denied to their citizens.

It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.

It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.

No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one...

No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one...

I hope we shall take warning from the example of England and crush in its...

I hope we shall take warning from the example of England and crush in its...

What experience and history teaches us is that people and governments have never learned anything...

What experience and history teaches us is that people and governments have never learned anything...

In all forms of government the people is the true legislator.

In all forms of government the people is the true legislator.

A republican government is slow to move, yet when once in motion, its momentum becomes...

A republican government is slow to move, yet when once in motion, its momentum becomes...

The art of government is the organization of idolatry

The art of government is the organization of idolatry

The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge or determine right. Give therefore to...

The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge or determine right. Give therefore to...

Government is essentially immoral.

Government is essentially immoral.

The declaration that our People are hostile to a government made by themselves, for themselves,...

The declaration that our People are hostile to a government made by themselves, for themselves,...

Many people consider the things which government does for them to be social progress, but...

Many people consider the things which government does for them to be social progress, but...

World War II was the last government program that really worked.

World War II was the last government program that really worked.

The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to...

The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to...

A democracy is more than a form of government; it is primarily a mode of...

A democracy is more than a form of government; it is primarily a mode of...

I bear solemn witness to the fact that NATO heads of state and of government...

I bear solemn witness to the fact that NATO heads of state and of government...

Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle

Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle

A government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly...

A government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly...

Violence has no constitutional sanction; and every government from the beginning has moved against it....

Violence has no constitutional sanction; and every government from the beginning has moved against it....