Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2006-03-28 Mar 28, 2006It was just one year ago that the world saw this new, invigorated United Nations in action as this Council stood fast against aggression and stood for the sacred principles enshrined in the U.N. Charter. And now it's time to step forward again, make the internal reforms, accelerate the revitalization, accept the responsibilities necessary for a vigorous and effective United Nations. I want to assure the members of this Council and the Secretary-General, the United Nations can count on our full support in this task.~ George Herbert Walker Bush...there is no provision in the Charter itself that contemplates ending war. It is true the Charter provides for force to bring peace, but such use of force is itself war... The Charter is a war document not a peace document... Not only does the Charter Organization not prevent future wars, but it makes it practically certain that we shall have future wars, and as to such wars it takes from us the power to declare them, to choose the side on which we shall fight, to determine what forces and military equipment we shall use in the war, and to control and command our sons who do the fighting.~ J. Reuben Clark, Jr....no nation which signs this [UN] Charter can justly maintain that any of its acts are its own business, or within its own domestic jurisdiction, if the security council says that these acts are a threat to the peace.~ William Carr Mar 27, 2006[The program of American disarmament outlined in State Department Paper 7277] is the fixed, determined and approved policy of the government of the United States.~ Joseph S. ClarkThe United States Program for General and Complete Disarmament...~ State Department Paper 7277 Mar 24, 2006I am convinced that we can do to guns what we've done to drugs: create a multi-billion dollar underground market over which we have absolutely no control.~ George L. RomanTo disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.~ George Mason... in all countries where personal freedom is valued, however much each individual may rely on legal redress, the right of each to carry arms -- and these the best and the sharpest -- for his own protection in case of extremity, is a right of nature indelible and irrepressible, and the more it is sought to be repressed the more it will recur.~ James Paterson Mar 23, 2006I am one who believes that as a first step the U.S. should move expeditiously to disarm the civilian population, other than police and security officers, of all handguns, pistols and revolvers ...no one should have a right to anonymous ownership or use of a gun.~ Prof. Dean MorrisWaiting periods are only a step. Registration is only a step. The prohibition of private firearms is the goal.~ Janet RenoWhat good does it do to ban some guns. All guns should be banned.~ Howard Metzenbaum Mar 22, 2006To 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 LeeA system of licensing and registration is the perfect device to deny gun ownership to the bourgeoisie.~ Vladimir Ilyich LeninAmericans need never fear their government because of the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation.~ James Madison Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print