Thomas Jefferson Quotes About Gun Control
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Laws that forbid the carrying of arms . . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes . . . Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.
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The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases.
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One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.
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I learn with great concern that [one] portion of our frontier so interesting, so important, and so exposed, should be so entirely unprovided with common fire-arms. I did not suppose any part of the United States so destitute of what is considered as among the first necessaries of a farm-house.
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What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms.
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The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that... it is their right and duty to be at all times armed.
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The constitutions of most of our States assert, that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by themselves, in all cases to which they think themselves competent, or they may act by representatives, freely and equally chosen; that it is their right and duty to be at all times armed; that they are entitled to freedom of person, freedom of religion, freedom of property, and freedom of the press.
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Laws that forbid the carrying of arms disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes.
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Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind.
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A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks.
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None but an armed nation can dispense with a standing army. To keep ours armed and disciplined is therefore at all times important.
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I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.
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The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.
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For an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.
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All power is inherent in the people.
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