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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Experience (has) long taught me the reasonableness of mutual sacrifices of opinion among those who...

Experience (has) long taught me the reasonableness of mutual sacrifices of opinion among those who...

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

Truth is great and will prevail if left to herself, that she is the proper...

Truth is great and will prevail if left to herself, that she is the proper...

We prefer war in all cases to tribute under any form and to any people...

We prefer war in all cases to tribute under any form and to any people...

We are endeavoring, too, to reduce the government to the practice of a rigorous economy,...

We are endeavoring, too, to reduce the government to the practice of a rigorous economy,...

Taste cannot be controlled by law

Taste cannot be controlled by law

A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on...

A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on...

That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part.

That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part.

The moral sense is the first excellence of well-organized man.

The moral sense is the first excellence of well-organized man.

For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and...

For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and...

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing...

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing...

This is the fourth?

This is the fourth?

Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong

Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong

We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men are created equal; that...

We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men are created equal; that...

Delay is preferable to error.

Delay is preferable to error.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing...

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing...

The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at...

The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at...

In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.

In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.

No man will ever carry out of the Presidency the reputation which carried him into...

No man will ever carry out of the Presidency the reputation which carried him into...

The States should be left to do whatever acts they can do as well as...

The States should be left to do whatever acts they can do as well as...