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Famous Quote from Thomas Jefferson,


"No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms [within his own lands]."


By:

Thomas Jefferson (more quotes by Thomas Jefferson or books by/about Thomas Jefferson)


(1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President

Source:

Proposed Virginia Constituion, Ford Ed, ii, 27. Ref: Jefferson Cycolpedia, pg 51 (1900)
http://books.google.com/books?id=ZTIoAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA141&ots=v9ldi_dcN3&pg=PA51#v=onepage&q=&f=true

Categories:

America, Arms, Civil Rights, Disarmament, Freedom, Government, Guns, Individual Rights, Liberty, President, Terrorism, Tyranny, Usurpation

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