A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
James MadisonTags: freedom constitution bill-of-rights right-to-bear-arms second-amendment
If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for more wise men reading more good books in more public libraries. These libraries should be open to all—except the censor. We must know all the facts and hear all the alternatives and listen to all the criticisms. Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors. For the Bill of Rights is the guardian of our security as well as our liberty.
[Response to questionnaire in Saturday Review, October 29 1960]
Tags: libraries books liberty censorship freedom-of-thought banned-books bill-of-rights
I have a problem with people who take the Constitution loosely and the Bible literally.
Bill MaherTags: politics christianity religion bible constitution bill-of-rights
The answer to 1984 is 1776
Alex E. JonesTags: liberty freedom democracy 1984 constitution founding-fathers bill-of-rights orwell 1776
Without Thomas Jefferson and his Declaration of Independence, there would have been no American revolution that announced universal principles of liberty. Without his participation by the side of the unforgettable Marquis de Lafayette, there would have been no French proclamation of The Rights of Man. Without his brilliant negotiation of the Louisiana treaty, there would be no United States of America. Without Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, there would have been no Virginia Statute on Religious Freedom, and no basis for the most precious clause of our most prized element of our imperishable Bill of Rights - the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Christopher HitchensTags: liberty united-states declaration-of-independence american-revolution freedom-of-religion thomas-jefferson bill-of-rights us-constitution 1st-amendment james-madison marquis-de-lafayette
I love my country, not my government.
Jesse VenturaTags: liberty freedom nationalism patriotism patriotic government totalitarianism police-state constitution ron-paul bill-of-rights despotism libertarianism allegiance patriot jesse-ventura martial-law
The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil men for evil purposes, but there are more good men than evil, and while the latter cannot be persuaded to the path of righteousness by propaganda, they can certainly be corrected by good men with rifles.
Jeff CooperTags: morality freedom evil safety tyranny law guns arms good-and-evil constitution protection moral bill-of-rights right-to-bear-arms second-amendment gun-control gun-rights gun righteous gunslinger gun-ammo gun-laws rifle rifles right-to-keep-and-bear-arms
You have to remember, rights don't come in groups we shouldn't have 'gay rights'; rights come as individuals, and we wouldn't have this major debate going on. It would be behavior that would count, not what person belongs to what group.
Ron PaulTags: politics liberty freedom civil-rights womens-rights rights bill-of-rights gay-rights equal-rights
The way liberals are interpreting the First Amendment today is that it prevents anyone who is religious from being in government.
Rush LimbaughTags: liberals first-amendment separation-of-church-and-state bill-of-rights ignorant
I was astonished, bewildered. This was America, a country where, whatever its faults, people could speak, write, assemble, demonstrate without fear. It was in the Constitution, the Bill of Rights. We were a democracy...
But I knew it wasn't a dream; there was a painful lump on the side of my head...
The state and its police were not neutral referees in a society of contending interests. They were on the side of the rich and powerful. Free speech? Try it and the police will be there with their horses, their clubs, their guns, to stop you.
From that moment on, I was no longer a liberal, a believer in the self-correcting character of American democracy. I was a radical, believing that something fundamental was wrong in this country--not just the existence of poverty amidst great wealth, not just the horrible treatment of black people, but something rotten at the root. The situation required not just a new president or new laws, but an uprooting of the old order, the introduction of a new kind of society--cooperative, peaceful, egalitarian.
Tags: injustice democracy usa free-speech first-amendment authoritarianism police constitution bill-of-rights radical-politics egalitarianism american-society failed-liberalism power-interests
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