“The first ten amendments were proposed and adopted largely because of fear that Government might unduly interfere with prized individual liberties. The people wanted and demanded a Bill of Rights written into their Constitution. The amendments embodying the Bill of…

“The difference between a politician and a pickpocket is that the pickpocket doesn’t get indignant when you tell him to keep his hands to himself.” James Bovard,  (1956- ) American author, lecturer.  Source: Lost Rights, 1994. Source Reference Joseph Sobran Quote

“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,…

“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 everything else.” John Locke, (1632-1704) English philosopher and political theorist. Considered the ideological progenitor of…

“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

“When the representative body have lost the confidence of their constituents, when they have notoriously made sale of their most valuable rights, when they have assumed to themselves powers which the people never put into their hands, then indeed their continuing in office…