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The will of the people shall be the law of the land
I was not able to stop or slow down the Vietnam War.
Democracy is a life, and involves continual struggle.
I don't care about crime, I just want to get the guns.
What good does it do to ban some guns. All guns should be banned.
We are all equal on this floor, and a senator must keep his word.
Wealth has never yet sacrificed itself on the altar of patriotism.
Elvis lived here until thirteen and nobody can really take that from us!
Until we can ban all of them [firearms], then we might as well ban none.
The crisis you have to worry about most is the one you don't see coming.
Do not let the forces of evil take over to make this a Christian America.
Senator, we just don't use that kind of language on the floor of the Senate.
Let no man think we can deny civil liberty to others and retain it for ourselves.
Publicity, discussion, and agitation are necessary to accomplish any work of lasting benefit.
Every nation has its war party... It is commercial, imperialistic, ruthless. It tolerates no opposition.
If there is no sufficient reason for war, the war party will make war on one pretext, then invent another.
No, we're not looking at how to control criminals... we're talking about banning the AK-47 and semi-automatic guns.
Men must be aggressive for what is right if government is to be saved from men who are aggressive for what is wrong.
In times of peace, the war party insists on making preparation for war. As soon as prepared for, it insists on making war.
Every nation has its war party. It is not the party of democracy. It is the party of autocracy. It seeks to dominate absolutely.
After listening to you for slightly more than one hour, I can tell that you are a strong and intelligent man and that you want peace
Before the war is ended, the war party assumes the divine right to denounce and silence all opposition to war as unpatriotic and cowardly.
I honor Earth First for having the guts to do the things they do. It's not for me, but I understand why they do what they do. And, ultimately, we all help each other.
The principle of free speech is no new doctrine born of the Constitution of the United States. It is a heritage of English-speaking peoples, which has been won by incalculable sacrifice, and which they must preserve so long as they hope to live as free men.
God, how patient are Thy poor! These corporations and masters of manipulation in finance heaping up great fortunes by a system of legalized extortion, and then exacting from the contributors-to whom a little means so much-a double share to guard the treasure!
Let no man think we can deny civil liberty to others and retain it for ourselves. When zealous agents of the Government arrest suspected "radicals" without warrant, hold them without prompt trial, deny them access to counsel and admission of bail....we have shorn the Bill of Rights of its sanctity.
All over the world, there are libraries of a sort. They are among the most beautiful places on the earth, and they hold more information than the Library of Congress. Within these libraries are millions of books, each a uniques masterpiece to see and touch. They are teaching this language to scientists. However, so far only one percent of the books have been deciphered. Some tell how to find new medicines; others reveal new things to eat... These treasure houses of knowledge are the ancient forests of our planet.