In real life, unlike in Shakespeare, the sweetness of the rose depends upon the name it bears. Things are not only what they are. They are, in very important respects, what they seem to be.

The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past, but a prudent and probing concern for the future.

There are not enough jails, not enough police, not enough courts to enforce a law not supported by the people.

The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.

Never answer a question from a farmer.

In life it isn't what you've lost, it's what you've got left that counts

Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom under any government, no matter how popular and respected, is the right of citizens to keep and bear arms. This is not to say that firearms should not be very carefully used and that definite safety rules of precaution should not be taught and enforced. But the right of citizens to bear arms is just one more guarantee against arbitrary government, and one more safeguard against tyranny which now appears remote in America, but which historically has proved to be always possible.