I wasnt sure where to put this, so I had to pick somewhere.
One of my favorites.
St. George Tucker, a lawyer and a Revolutionary War militia officer, legal scholar, and later a U.S. District Court Judge said:
"This may be considered as the true paladium of liberty...The right of self-defense is the first law of nature; in most governments it has been the study of rulers to confine this right within the narrowest limits possible. Whenever standing armies are kept up, and the right of the people to keep and bear arms is, under any color or pretext whatsoever, prohibited, liberty, if not already annhilated, is on the brink of destruction."
One of my favorites.
St. George Tucker, a lawyer and a Revolutionary War militia officer, legal scholar, and later a U.S. District Court Judge said:
"This may be considered as the true paladium of liberty...The right of self-defense is the first law of nature; in most governments it has been the study of rulers to confine this right within the narrowest limits possible. Whenever standing armies are kept up, and the right of the people to keep and bear arms is, under any color or pretext whatsoever, prohibited, liberty, if not already annhilated, is on the brink of destruction."
