The constitutional concept of states rights’ pertains to the division of power …

The constitutional concept of ‘states’ rights’ pertains to the division of power between local and national authorities, and serves to protect the states from the Federal government; it does not grant to a state government an unlimited, arbitrarypower over its citizens or the privilege of abrogating the citizens’ individual rights. Ayn Rand
‘Racism’, VOS, Ayn Rand, 1905-1982

In his first appearance in a nationally televised candidates forum, Gore was …

In his first appearance in a nationally televised candidates forum, Gore was asked to name a past US president from whom he drew personal inspiration. He replied that he especially admired another ‘dark horse’ candidate, and a product of his home state, the great ‘president James Knox’. The only problem is that the history books show that nobody named Knox ever occupied the White House. He most likely meant James Knox Polk. Al Gore
The British Sunday Times; Michael Medved of KVI radio. [not confirmed]

If it is now believed that my fellow men may sacrifice me …

If it is now believed that my fellow men may sacrifice me in any manner they please for the sake of whatever they deem to be their own good, if they believe that they may seize my property simply because they need it — well, so does any burglar. There is only this difference: the burglar does not ask me to sanction his act. Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand, 1905-1982

If somebody criticizes what the Attorney General has to say, they are …

If somebody criticizes what the Attorney General has to say, they are going to have to go back and confront in their own mind the fact that Samuel Adams proposed a right to keep and bear arms provision that was clearly individual. They will have to face all the other references that were quoted from the framers that made it clear that this was an individual right. This is not simply his opinion. This is what the framers intended. Stephen Halbrook
Constitutional scholar on a letter from U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft

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