Political Quotes

“Shall not be infringed. Shall not be infringed. The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. James Madison, our fourth President, the primary architect of the Constitution and the first Congressman from Virginia's Fifth District, said: ``Americans have the right and advantage of being armed--unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.'' Our right to arm and defend ourselves is a God-given right, and we are privileged to live in a country whose Founders had the wisdom and the strength to codify that right in the Constitution. James Madison and our other Founders recognized that this was a fundamental right to protect our rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; and they had the foresight to include this right among those first 10 amendments listed in the Constitution which were intended to protect us from our government. It was James Madison who also said: ``The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.'' The Second Amendment is not about hunting--that is great. It is not, again, primarily about self-defense or protecting our family--that is essential. It is about being a check against tyranny and ensure we remain a free people. There is a reason it was the second right listed in the Bill of Rights--second only to the First Amendment protections of our right to free speech, assembly, and worship. The Second Amendment is the guarantor or protector of all other rights.…”