Between Two Rivers: Jefferson

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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Jefferson Quotes

Tangalor has several Thomas Jefferson quotes at Jeffersonian School of Government. A couple:

-Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.

-The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.

Please head over there for some more.

Prohibition of [firearm] regulation by political subdivisions

Quotes

Anyone who can't be trusted with a gun can't be trusted without a custodian. - David Codrea

Gun rights are a reflection that the citizen is a responsible member of society, not a subject. Gun rights are a statement that we are responsible to take care of ourselves, and not wait for Nanny to save us or our children. - Mrs. Borepatch, via Borepatch

Don't start nothin', won't be nothin'. - Mike Vanderboegh

A system of licensing and registration is the perfect device to deny gun ownership to the bourgeoisie. -Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

Thou shalt never be a perpetrator. Thou shalt never be a victim. And thou shalt never, but never be a bystander - Yehuda Bauer

Do you think the laws of God will be suspended in favor of America because you were born in it? - Mark Steyn

After America, there is no place to run. – Kitty Werthmann

It doesn’t matter how smart you are, unless you stop and think. - Thomas Sowell

One bleeding-heart type asked me in a recent interview if I did not agree that 'violence begets violence.' I told him that it is my earnest endeavor to see that it does. I would like very much to ensure--and in some cases I have--that any man who offers violence to his fellow citizen begets a whole lot more in return than he can enjoy. - Col. Jeff Cooper