Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jeffersonwas an American Founding Father who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence. He was elected the second Vice President of the United States, serving under John Adams and in 1800 was elected the third President. Jefferson was a proponent of democracy, republicanism, and individual rights, which motivated American colonists to break from Great Britain and form a new nation. He produced formative documents and decisions at both the state and national level...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionUS President
Date of Birth13 April 1743
CityShadwell, VA
CountryUnited States of America
All power is inherent in the people.
I learn with great concern that [one] portion of our frontier so interesting, so important, and so exposed, should be so entirely unprovided with common fire-arms. I did not suppose any part of the United States so destitute of what is considered as among the first necessaries of a farm-house.
For an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.
Laws that forbid the carrying of arms disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes.
Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind.
What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms.
The Constitution of most of our states (and of the United States) assert that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by themselves; that it is their right and duty to be at all times armed and that they are entitled to freedom of person, freedom of religion, freedom of property, and freedom of press.
None but an armed nation can dispense with a standing army. To keep ours armed and disciplined is therefore at all times important.
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.
None but an armed nation can dispense with a standing army
A strong body makes the mind strong.
Laws that forbid the carrying of arms . . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes . . . Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.
Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks.
I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.