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"Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the teeth of liberty." George Washington
"Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the teeth of liberty." George Washington
Cognitive dissonance!Washington was a Federalist. Why do you think that he was our greatest president?
Washington had no problem with theft and violence against people doing nobody any harm. He was a thief and tyrant. Look up the whiskey rebellion.
"Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the teeth of liberty." George Washington
talk.politics.guns Official Pro-gun FAQ said:This quotation, sometimes called the "liberty teeth" quote,
appears nowhere in Washington's papers or speeches, and contains several historical anachronisms: the reference to "prarie wagon" in an America which had yet to even begin settling the Great Plains (which were owned by France at the time), the reference to "the Pilgrims" which implies a modern historical perspective, and
particularly the attempt by "Washington" to defend the utility of firearms (by_use_of_statistics!) to an audience which would have used firearms in their daily lives to obtain food, defend against hostile Indians, and which had only recently won a war for independence. The "99 99/100 percent" is also an odd phrase for 18th century America, which tended not to use fractional percentages. It's clear that "Washington" is addressing "gun control" arguments which wouldn't exist for another couple of centuries, not to mention doing so in a style that is uncharacteristic of the period, and uncharacteristic of Washington's addresses to Congress, both of which exhibited a high degree of formality. This is a false quote, but bits and pieces of it still continue to crop up from time to time. Most recently, this quote has been seen circulated on flyers at gun shows attributed to Neil Knox's Firearms Coalition, but Knox isn't the original source of this "speech," and even national publications, such as_Playboy_magazine, have been snared by it. ("Playboy_published the "quote" in December 1995 as part of an article entitled "Once and for All: What the Founding Fathers Said About Guns". After consulting with an assistant editor of the George Washington Papers at the University of Virginia,"Playboy_published a lengthy correction in March 1996.)
George Washington said:"The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference - they deserve a place of honor with all that's good."