"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much
liberty than those attending too a small degree of it."
~Thomas Jefferson

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
~Benjamin Franklin

"Arms in the hands of individual citizens may be used at individual discretion...in private self defense."
~John Adams

"The great principle is that every man be armed....everyone who is able may have a gun."
~Patrick Henry