I found these at www.execpc.com/~jfish/quotes.txt . There's plenty more where these came from. These are just the ones directly focused on firearms ownership.
"WHEN THE GOVERNMENT FEARS THE PEOPLE THERE IS LIBERTY;
WHEN THE PEOPLE FEAR THE GOVERNMENT THERE IS TYRANNY"
***
"No free man shall ever be de-barred the use of arms. The
strongest reason for the people to retain their right to keep
and bear arms is as a last resort to protect themselves
against tyranny in government."
-Thomas Jefferson
***
"The said constitution shall never be construed to authorize
congress to prevent the people of the United States who are
peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms."
- Sam Adams
***
"The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who
is able may have a gun."
-Patrick Henry
***
"Americans need never fear their government because of the
advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over
the people of almost every other nation."
-James Madison
***
"..one of the basic conditions of the victory is socialism is
the arming of the workers (communist) and the disarming of the
bourgeoisie (the middle class)."
-Vladimir I. Lenin
***
"Popular revolt against a ruthless, experienced modern dictatorship
which enjoys a monopoly over weapons, and communications,...
is simply not a possibility in the modern age."
-George Keenan (1964)
***
"Governments need armies to protect them against their enslaved
and opposed subjects."
-Leo Tolstoy (1893)
***
"I am one who believes that as a first step the U.S. should
move expeditiously to disarm the civilian population, other
than the police and security officers, of all handguns, pistols
and revolvers...no one should have a right to anonymous
ownership or use of a gun."
-Professor Dean Morris
(director, LEAA)
***
"If the opposition (citizen) disarms, well and good. If it
refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves."
-JOSEF STALIN
***
"Tell the American people never to lose their guns. As
long as they keep their guns in their hands, what's happened
here will never happen there."
-A dying Chinese Citizen shot at
Beijing, Red China
[This message has been edited by Bulldog (edited May 27, 1999).]
"WHEN THE GOVERNMENT FEARS THE PEOPLE THERE IS LIBERTY;
WHEN THE PEOPLE FEAR THE GOVERNMENT THERE IS TYRANNY"
***
"No free man shall ever be de-barred the use of arms. The
strongest reason for the people to retain their right to keep
and bear arms is as a last resort to protect themselves
against tyranny in government."
-Thomas Jefferson
***
"The said constitution shall never be construed to authorize
congress to prevent the people of the United States who are
peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms."
- Sam Adams
***
"The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who
is able may have a gun."
-Patrick Henry
***
"Americans need never fear their government because of the
advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over
the people of almost every other nation."
-James Madison
***
"..one of the basic conditions of the victory is socialism is
the arming of the workers (communist) and the disarming of the
bourgeoisie (the middle class)."
-Vladimir I. Lenin
***
"Popular revolt against a ruthless, experienced modern dictatorship
which enjoys a monopoly over weapons, and communications,...
is simply not a possibility in the modern age."
-George Keenan (1964)
***
"Governments need armies to protect them against their enslaved
and opposed subjects."
-Leo Tolstoy (1893)
***
"I am one who believes that as a first step the U.S. should
move expeditiously to disarm the civilian population, other
than the police and security officers, of all handguns, pistols
and revolvers...no one should have a right to anonymous
ownership or use of a gun."
-Professor Dean Morris
(director, LEAA)
***
"If the opposition (citizen) disarms, well and good. If it
refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves."
-JOSEF STALIN
***
"Tell the American people never to lose their guns. As
long as they keep their guns in their hands, what's happened
here will never happen there."
-A dying Chinese Citizen shot at
Beijing, Red China
[This message has been edited by Bulldog (edited May 27, 1999).]