Quotes about guns
22 quotes from 18 people
Edward Abbey1927–1989Abbey’s Road (1979)Not for nothing was the revolver called an “equalizer.” Egalite implies liberte.
Edward Abbey1927–1989Abbey’s Road (1979)
William S. Burroughs1914–1997Grand Street, no. 37 & The War Universe (1992)You can get much further with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.
Apparently, even crazy people prefer targets that can’t shoot back.
Ann Coulterborn 1961“Let’s Make America a ‘Sad-Free Zone’!” (April 18, 2007).
Hermann Göring1893–1946Radio broadcast (1936), as quoted in The New Language of Politics: An Anecdotal Dictionary of Catchwords, Slogans, and Political Usage (1968) by William L. Safire, p. 178No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms [within his own lands].
Thomas Jefferson1743–1826Draft Constitution for Virginia (June 1776)One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.
Thomas Jefferson1743–1826Letter to George Washington (1796); published in The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, 20 Vols., Washington, D.C., (1903-04), 9:341- Thomas Jefferson1743–1826Eighth State of the Union Address (8 November 1808)
Abraham Lincoln1809–1865Regarding the treatment of former Confederate soldiers. In Richmond, Virginia (April 4, 1865), as quoted in Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War (1885), by David Dixon Porter, p. 312
Malcolm X1925–1965“The Ballot or the Bullet” speech (1964)
Mao Zedong1893–1976“Problems of War and Strategy”, 1938.
