If you believe in the right to life, then you must believe in the right to have the means to defend that life.

There's no dishonor in being forced by a superior power into slavery, but it is an eternal disgrace to voluntarily surrender one's liberty for a filthy bowl of oatmeal and promise of security by liars.

American tyranny has come gradually, like a slow rising river. Each of us does not realize the danger until the water comes to our door. Until then, it is merely someone elses problem and a problem that we fool ourselves into thinking won't reach us.

Here's your enemy for this week, the government says. And some gullible Americans click their heels and salute - often without knowing who or even where the enemy of the week is.

If you believe in the right to life, then you must believe in the right to have the means to defend that life.

Powers once assumed are never relinquished, just as bureaucracies, once created, never die.

When power is for sale, then government power should be severely limited. When power is abused, then the less power the better.