Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest.Mahatma Gandhi
The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that... it is their right and duty to be at all times armed.Thomas Jefferson
Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual.Thomas Jefferson
Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.Thomas Jefferson