Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2001-03-13 Mar 13, 2001A system of licensing and registration is the perfect device to deny gun ownership to the bourgeoisie.~ Vladimir Ilyich LeninAll our lives we fought against exalting the individual, against the elevation of the single person, and long ago we were over and done with the business of a hero, and here it comes up again: the glorification of one personality. This is not good at all.~ Vladimir Ilyich LeninOne of the basic conditions for the victory of socialism is the arming of the workers (Communist) and the disarming of the bourgeoisie (the middle class).~ Vladimir Ilyich LeninOnly an armed people can be the real bulwark of popular liberty.~ Vladimir Ilyich LeninIf the opposition (citizen) disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves.~ Josef StalinGentlemen, comrades, do not be concerned about all you hear about Glasnost and Perestroika and democracy in the coming years. They are primarily for outward consumption. There will be no significant internal changes in the Soviet Union, other than for cosmetic purposes. Our purpose is to disarm the Americans and let them fall asleep. ~ Mikhail Gorbachev Mar 12, 2001To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.~ George MasonThe end move in politics is always to pick up a gun.~ R. Buckminster Fuller Mar 9, 2001Governments need armies to protect them against their enslaved and oppressed subjects.~ Leo Nikolaevich TolstoiNo free man shall ever be de-barred the use of arms. The strongest reason for the people to retain their right to keep and bear arms is as a last resort to protect themselves against tyranny in government.~ Thomas Jefferson Mar 8, 2001To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them.~ Richard Henry LeeBut if circumstances should at any time oblige the government to form an army of any magnitude, that army can never be formidable to the liberties of the people, while there is a large body of citizens, little if at all inferior to them in discipline and use of arms, who stand ready to defend their rights~ Alexander Hamilton Mar 7, 2001The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able may have a gun.~ Patrick HenryBefore a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed as they are in almost every kingdom in Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, on any pretense, raised in the United States.~ Noah Webster Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print