Founding Fathers Guns Quotes & Sayings

I sometimes think that the universe is a machine designed for the perpetual astonishment of astronomers. — Arthur C. Clarke

Most gun control arguments miss the point. If all control boils fundamentally to force, how can one resist aggression without equal force? How can a truly "free" state exist if the individual citizen is enslaved to the forceful will of individual or organized aggressors? It cannot. — Tiffany Madison

I wish this were just a nightmare that we could wake up from. — Madeleine Roux

I don't think that [Hillary Clinton] can turn around her honesty and trustworthiness problems with one speech, but she could present herself tonight as more relatable, give people a glimpse of that warm, funny woman the people who meet her in small groups and one-on-one say that she is. — Tamara Keith

Self-esteem comes from not letting unrelated external occurrences be tied to your own self-worth. — Sam Owen

door. "Hey, Dillard," Johnny Wayne said suddenly. — Scott Pratt

Plenty of gun opponents have pointed out the obvious: that the Founding Fathers could never have envisioned the kinds of 'arms' that exist today - Washington, Jefferson, and the rest had never even seen a bullet. Musket balls for guns that required constant reloading were the 'arms' of the day. — Kurt Eichenwald

I don't think anybody in the NFL is tied to each other. — Sean Taylor

The Second Amendment is timeless for our Founders grasped that self-defense is three-fold: every free individual must protect themselves against the evil will of the man, the mob and the state. — Tiffany Madison

I want our legal system to work better. I want it to be streamlined. I want it to be clearer. You shouldn't have to hire a lawyer to figure out how to get into the USA legally. — Mitt Romney

I lost my athletic scholarship by injuring my right knee. That right knee kept me out of Vietnam, and I went into Drama. I put them all together with a football foundation and the house was built on Drama - and love and kindness and understanding and grace. — Gary Busey

I'm in a relationship with life. My life is just out there. I'm on the road every day. I love my life. — Suze Orman

God doesn't want meerly action but hearts driving action. — Matt Chandler

The Founding Fathers did not believe the primary purpose of their guns was to hunt ducks, but to keep the government in line within the bounds of the Constitution. The Founding Fathers said that armed citizens are a bulwark against a tyrant in the White House. — John Coleman

I've said for thirty years that capitalism is an exhausted system. But now you can see the handwriting everywhere. And one especially horrifying part is the fiscal crisis. — Bill Ayers

Our speech accurately reflects the prejudices of the ruling group. Since the rulers and the rich and the educated (who directed language) generally lived in cities, we developed such words as "villain," which meant a rustic; "heathen" and "pagan," which also indicated those who dwelt in the country; "boor," which meant a farmer; and many other such words which downgraded rural inhabitants. — Sydney J. Harris