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Quotes about Checks and balances

The rifle and handgun are "equalizers" - the weapons of a democracy. Tanks and bombers represent dictatorship.

Edward Paul Abbey : American writer & radical environmentalist
Edward Abbey (1927 - 1989)
Source: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto): Notes from a Secret Journal, Page: 26
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If guns are outlawed, only the government will have guns.

Edward Paul Abbey : American writer & radical environmentalist
Edward Abbey (1927 - 1989)
Source: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto): Notes from a Secret Journal, Page: 21
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We should restore the practice of dueling. It might improve the manners around here.

Edward Paul Abbey : American writer & radical environmentalist
Edward Abbey (1927 - 1989)
Source: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto): Notes from a Secret Journal, Page: 13
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A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

Edward Paul Abbey : American writer & radical environmentalist
Edward Abbey (1927 - 1989)
Source: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto): Notes from a Secret Journal, Page: 19
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the executive branch is a hickory switch that will hit repeated blows

Joshua Kauppila
 
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