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Interesting quotes on freedom

Posted by Charlie Kilo on March 29th, 2008

“Government is not reason. It is not eloquence. It is a force, like fire; a dangerous servant and a terrible master.”

– George Washington

“…to disarm the people (is) the best and most effective way to enslave them…”

– George Mason

“Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.”

– Thomas Paine

“Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest.”

– Mahatma Gandhi in “Gandhi, An Autobiography”

“The strength of the Constitution lies entirely in the determination of each citizen to defend it. Only if every single citizen feels duty bound to do his share in this defense are the constitutional rights secure.”

– Albert Einstein

“They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”

– Benjamin Franklin

“A free people ought…to be armed…”

– George Washington, 1790

“No greater immediate responsibility rests upon members of the (LDS) Church, than to protect the freedom vouchsafed by the Constitution of the United States.”

–LDS President David O. McKay

“The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference - they deserve a place of honor with all that’s good.”

–George Washington

“Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense?”

– Patrick Henry

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