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• The conclusions seem inescapable that in certain circles a tendency has arisen to fear people who fear government.
  Government, as the Father of Our Country put it so well, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master....
• The possession of arms by the people is the ultimate warrant that government governs only with the consent of the governed.
  -- Jeff Snyde...
• Strong government makes weak citizens.
• Love your country, but never trust its government. -- Robert A. Heinlein.
• The true strength of a country is best demonstrated by the willingness of its government to tolerate challenges from it's own citizens.
• The citizens of the United States of America have a right to applaud themselves for having given to mankind examples of an enlarged and liberal policy--a policy worthy of imitation.
  All possess alike liberty of conscience and immunities of citizenship....
• Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustee
  and both the trust and the trustees are created for the benefit of the people....
• This is a celebration of individual freedom, not of homosexuality.
  No government has the right to tell its citizens when or whom to love....
• 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.
  -- James Madiso...