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“The nation needs a citizenry of Minute Men patterned after those of the American Revolution, to fight and sacrifice to keep this country free. Today we need a nation of Minute Men; citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as a basic purpose of their daily life and who are willing to consciously work and sacrifice for that freedom. The cause of liberty, the cause of America, cannot succeed with any lesser effort”. President John F. Kennedy
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"Ifye love wealth better than liberty,thetranquilityof servitude than the animating contest of freedom, go from us in peace. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen!" —Samuel Adams
2 Chronicles 7:14: "If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land."
The most important civil right of all is the right not to be murdered." --columnist Wesley Pruden
Man will ultimately be governed by God or tyrants
Ben Franklin
Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined.
Patrick Henry
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As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron." ~H.L. Mencken
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“That we are to stand by the president, right or wrong is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.” ~Theodore Roosevelt
The best analogy to owning a gun and keeping it ready and most handy is the fire extinguisher. It is not acquired in paranoia, but intelligent preparedness. It is not a "Don’t do anything until we get there!" paradigm. It is not brought to bear in anger, but in purpose, and no one needs to show anyone else cause to own several throughout the house and one in the car. It’s so obvious, one has to be insane not to see the identity of values between the fire extinguisher and a battery-ready gun within easy reach. Both can keep a situation from getting out of control, both prevent irrevocable loss, and both are well within public policy and interest.- John Longenecker
