4 Quotes by John Adams about gun

  • Author John Adams
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    Resistance to sudden violence, for the preservation not only of my person, my limbs, and life, but of my property, is an indisputable right of nature which I have never surrendered to the public by the compact of society, and which perhaps, I could not surrender if I would.

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  • Author John Adams
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    That the said Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press or the rights of conscience.

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  • Author John Adams
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    Here, every private person is authorized to arm himself, and on the strength of this authority, I do not deny the inhabitants had a right to arm themselves at that time, for their defense, not for offense...

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  • Author John Adams
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    A militia law, requiring all men, or with very few exceptions besides cases of conscience, to be provided with arms and ammunition... is always a wise institution, and, in the present circumstances of our country, indispensable.

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