Tyranny quotes founding fathers4/3/2023 ![]() “And that the said Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the Press, or the rights of Conscience or to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms.” – Samuel Adams. “A militia, when properly formed, are in fact the people themselves.” – Richard Henry Lee. “I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people except for a few politicians.” – George Mason, co-author of the 2nd Amendment. As a nation of free men we will live forever or die by suicide.”īelow are additional quotes from the founding fathers regarding their positions on firearms, the 2nd Amendment and the right to keep and bear arms. No, if destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. All the armies of Europe and Asia, could not by force take a drink from the Ohio River or make a track on the Blue Ridge in the trial of a thousand years. ![]() “From whence shall we expect the approach of danger?” Lincoln asked, “Shall some trans-Atlantic military giant step the earth and crush us at a blow? Never. And a century after the 2nd Amendment was drafted and ratified, he explained the reasons and benefits of an armed society. The second was to protect America from its own army.Ībraham Lincoln understood this. ![]() One was to protect America from invading armies. The founding fathers believed that every American should own a standard, infantry level, military-style rifle for two reasons. They’re for killing Marines.Īs much as it breaks this author’s heart to hear those words, it’s true. In modern day terms, guns aren’t for killing squirrels. But the reality of the matter is that none of those reasons are correct. And far too often, gun owners insist their guns are only for sport, recreation or to defend their home from burglars and individual criminals. Today’s supporters of the right to keep and bear arms often have a difficult time explaining their reasoning, especially after horrific events like Sandy Hook. Within a year or two, that quote could be found circulating the entire 2nd Amendment, Constitutionalist, libertarian movement. From it, fliers and hand-outs were made publicizing the quotation. Believe it or not, your author remembers that article in 1989 like it was yesterday. The earliest publication of it they found was a 1989 Orlando Sentinel editorial piece. ![]() They also report that their staff attempted to trace the origin of the second quote above. They insist that Thomas Jefferson’s quotes were well documented even while he was still alive. Jefferson could have come up with those words in any occasion of his public or private life and someone else recorded and then quoted him.”Īdministrators at the Jefferson Library disagree. It’s ridiculous in my opinion to propose that since nowhere in his writings there is trace of such a statement, then Jefferson has never said something like that. “I do not know if Jefferson actually ever made such a statement or not,” one amateur Jefferson expert argued, “I find it odd that many people attribute it to him if it wasn’t true. Jefferson held almost every position in the newly forged US government, including President, Vice President, and the nation’s first Secretary of State where he travelled the globe and met thousands of people a world away from the historians back at Monticello. ![]() They insist that just because the keepers of Monticello, Jefferson’s 18th century home in Virginia, can’t find any documentation doesn’t mean he didn’t utter those words. Yep, the two most famous Thomas Jefferson quotations are accused by the world’s foremost experts on Jefferson to be forgeries, frauds and just plain made-up. “The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.” When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.” “When governments fear the people, there is liberty. ![]()
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