“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
“Mother Liberty caresses with generous affections...[those] who, armed with the weapons of high-minded honesty,...have grasped that the freedom of each is rooted in the freedom of all.” MotherLibertyHonestyWeaponsAffectionGenerousRootedCaress Author:Emma Goldman
“The right of ordinary citizens to possess weapons is the most extraordinary, most controversial, and least understood of those liberties secured by Englishmen and bequeathed to their American colonists. It lies at the very heart of the relationship between the individual and his fellows, and between the individual and his government.” HeartGovernmentLyingIndividualLibertyCitizensWeaponsOrdinaryUnderstoodFellowsExtraordinaryEnglishmenControversialSecond AmendmentSecuredOrdinary CitizensColonists Book:To Keep and Bear Arms: The Origins of an Anglo-American Right Source: To Keep and Bear Arms: The Origins of an Anglo-American Right