“If men, through fear, fraud, or mistake, should in terms renounce or give up any natural right, the eternal law of reason and the grand end of society would absolutely vacate such renunciation. The right to freedom being the gift of Almighty God,…

“The first step in saving our liberty is to realize how much we have already lost, how we lost it, and how we will continue to lose it unless fundamental political changes occur.” James Bovard, (1956- ) American author, lecturer.  Source: Lost Rights,…

“Self-defense is] justly called the primary law of nature, so it is not, neither can it be in fact, taken away by the laws of society.” Sir William Blackstone, (1723-1780). Source: 3 William Blackstone, Commentaries 139. Source Reference Sir William Blackstone…

“That principle is, that the sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number, is self-protection. That the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised…

“Self-defence is a part of the law of nature; nor can it be denied the community, even against the king himself…” John Locke, (1632-1704) English philosopher and political theorist. Considered the ideological progenitor of the American Revolution and who, by far, was…

“Whosoever uses force without Right … puts himself into a state of War with those, against whom he uses it, and in that state all former Ties are canceled, all other Rights cease, and every one has a Right to…

“I have no reason to suppose, that he, who would take away my liberty, would not, when he had me in his power, take away every thing else.” John Locke, (1632-1704) English philosopher and political theorist. Considered the ideological progenitor…

“But to ban guns because criminals use them is to tell the innocent and law-abiding that their rights and liberties depend not on their own conduct, but on the conduct of the guilty and the lawless, and that the law…

“It is unreasonable … to oblige a man not to attempt the defense of his own life.” Charles de Montesquieu [Montesquieu, Charles Louis de Secondat] (1689-1755) Baron de Montesquieu, Source: The Spirit of Laws 64. Source Reference Charles de Montesquieu Quote

“Germany is exercising an almost solitary power.” Romano Prodi, former Prime Minister of Italy, writing in an Italian newspaper.  Source Reference Britain’s EU retreat means German hegemony warns Prodi

“It is simply unthinkable that the EU can survive as a reconstituted Holy Roman Empire governed from Berlin.” Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, writing in the Telegraph, explaining that Germany has almost solitary control of the European Union. Source Reference Britain’s EU retreat means…

“But the demonstrators should seek more effective and more lasting reform. They should demand a repeal of the Second Amendment.” John Paul Stevens, former US Supreme Court Justice recommending repudiation of a provision of the US Constitution. Source Reference Former…