The possession of arms by the people is the ultimate warrant
that government governs only with the consent of the governed.
-- Jeff Snyder
that government governs only with the consent of the governed.
-- Jeff Snyder
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- As the Founding Fathers knew well, a government that does not trust its honest,
law-abiding, taxpaying citizens with the means of self... - As the happiness of the people is the sole end of government,
so the consent of the people is the only foundation... - That government is best which governs the least, because its people
discipline themselves.
Thomas... - No kingdom can be secured otherwise than by arming the people.
The possession of arms is the distinction between a... - Government:
the ultimate con game... - That government is best which governs least.
-- Henry David Thoreau,
"Civil... - The people of the various provinces are strictly forbidden to have in their
possession any swords,
short swords, bows, spears, firearms, or other types... - The conclusions seem inescapable that in certain circles a tendency
has arisen to fear people who fear government.
Government, as the Father of Our Country put it so... - Government [is] an illusion the governed should not encourage.
John Updike,...
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- According to the National Crime Survey administered by the Bureau of
the Census and the National Institute of Justice,
it was found that only 12 percent of those who use... - False is the idea of utility that sacrifices a thousand real advantages for
one imaginary or trifling inconvenience;
that would take fire from men because it burns, and... - What's another word for Thesaurus?
--
Stephen... - every Man has a Property in his own Person. This no Body has any
Right to but himself.
The Labour of his Body, and the Work of his Hands,... - I don't like the idea that the police department seems bent on keeping
a pool of unarmed victims available for the predations of the criminal
class.
David Mohler, 1989, on being denied a...
