“If we have isolated individuals able to inflict enormous harm, imagine what a single lunatic can do with a nuclear weapon. I think the whole base of civil society is at risk.” IfsThinkingWholeAbleIndividualCan DoImagineRiskWeaponsHarmNuclearEnormousIsolatedNuclear WeaponsLunaticCivil Society Author:Joshua Lederberg
“As long as there are guns, the individual that wants a gun for a crime is going to have one and going to get it. The only person who's going to be penalized and have difficulty is the law-abiding citizen, who then cannot have [it] if he wants protection -- the protection of a weapon in his home.” IfsWantPersonsLongHomeLawIndividualCrimeCitizensWeaponsGunDifficultyProtectionAbidingLaw Abiding Citizen Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1986 Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1986
“Slavery in the modern world implies the absolute deprivation of the individual's liberty, while possession of weapons and mastery of their use are means to the individual's liberation. We do not perceive how a man may be armed and at the same time bereft of his freedom.” MenWorldMayMeanUseIndividualLibertyModernWeaponsAbsolutesSlaveryPossessionLiberationPerceiveMasteryModern WorldDeprivationBereft Book:A History of Warfare Source: A History of Warfare