Personal Defense Quotes

I have carried a revolver; lots of us do, but they are the most innocent things in the world.

The great object is that every man be armed.

Because the state can no longer protect us from crime, it wants to take away from us the means of protecting ourselves. This is the logic of gun control.

In my opinion, the only people who should have handguns are the police.

A well armed society is a polite society.

Any gun in the hands of a bad man is a bad thing. Any gun in the hands of a decent person is no threat to anybody — except bad people.

A government capable of controlling the whole, and bringing its force to a point, is one of the prerequisites for national liberty. We combine in society, with an expectation to have our persons and properties defended against unreasonable exactions either at home or abroad.

I'm 100 percent behind the Second Amendment. I believe it's not just a hunting right. It's a right for everyone to carry their weapons.

Being interviewed is an odd experience for me because I was an actor a long time before anyone ever asked me a question about myself. When I started being interviewed, I definitely felt I was being asked to defend or explain myself.

The Second Amendment is in the Constitution to help citizens protect themselves from people like Senator Dianne Feinstein who would come along, and if they could determine what words you can and cannot say, where and where you can't say them. The Constitution is there to protect you from mayors like Mike Doomberg who wants to tell you how big your beverage can be.

Why would anybody not own a gun?

The federal government may not disarm individual citizens without some unusually strong justification.

I like to think I'm just talkin' in my defense.

I have a great deal of experience in justifying myself to myself.

The one weapon every man, soldier, sailor, or airman should be able to use effectively is the rifle. It is always his weapon of personal safety in an emergency, and for many it is the primary weapon of offence and defense. Expertness in its use cannot be over emphasized.

Parents all over the country are using their right to keep and bear arms to protect their kids.

It is a scary world out there, and believe me that if someone were to try to come into my house, I want to be able to protect myself.

I realize I have to continue to work on defense. I think a lot of people have to work on defense.

In the larger sense, however, the personal ownership of firearms is only secondarily a matter of defense against the criminal. Note the following from Thomas Jefferson: The strongest reason for the people to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against the tyranny of government. That is why our masters in Washington are so anxious to disarm us. They are not afraid of criminals. They are afraid of a populace which cannot be subdued by tyrants.

To be honest, I don't think I've played bad for England, I've certainly not been as bad as some people say. That criticism has been hard to take. I don't think I've let the country down too many times.

My kids will never need a bodyguard because they'll have me.

I've never sexually harassed anyone, and yes, I was falsely accused while I was at the National Restaurant Association.

I've been accused of being aloof. I'm not. I'm just wary.

I think the Americans have it right. The idea of having guns is essentially to protect yourself from a totalitarian government.

We know that when law abiding citizens who know how to utilize a firearm have one on their person, it helps prevent crime.