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.

The only title in our democracy superior to that of President is the title of...

The only title in our democracy superior to that of President is the title of...

Every good citizen makes his countrys honor his own, and cherishes it not only as...

Every good citizen makes his countrys honor his own, and cherishes it not only as...

The citizen's job is to be rude - to pierce the comfort of professional intercourse...

The citizen's job is to be rude - to pierce the comfort of professional intercourse...

As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and...

As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and...

Citizenship comes first today in our crowded world...No man can enjoy the privileges of education...

Citizenship comes first today in our crowded world...No man can enjoy the privileges of education...

If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect...

If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect...

A passive and ignorant citizenry will never create a sustainable world.

A passive and ignorant citizenry will never create a sustainable world.

Citizenship consists in the service of the country

Citizenship consists in the service of the country

As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and...

As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and...

The vine bears three kinds of grapes: the first of pleasure, the second of intoxication,...

The vine bears three kinds of grapes: the first of pleasure, the second of intoxication,...

No, I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be...

No, I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be...

Every good citizen makes his countrys honor his own, and cherishes it not only as...

Every good citizen makes his countrys honor his own, and cherishes it not only as...

We're all citizens of the womb, before we subdivide into sexes and shades- this side,...

We're all citizens of the womb, before we subdivide into sexes and shades- this side,...

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

The job of a citizen is to keep his mouth open.

The job of a citizen is to keep his mouth open.

Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as...

Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as...

Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as...

Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as...

The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he...

The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he...