Help With Thomas Jefferson Quote

NOTPARS

I am writing an article for the Western Missouri Shooters Alliance (www.wmsa.net) and came across a Jefferson quote in another newsletter that is unsourced. I cannot use it if I cannot source it. I have been all over the web and unable to nail this one down:

"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."

If anyone knows the source of this quote I would appreciate the help. I have numerous books on Jefferson at home, including his letters to John and Abagail Adams, but after several days have had no luck with this one.

steeltoe1978

I don't know if there is a source, it was said during a Constitutional debate... which one, I do not know. Maybe check out the book "Respectfully Quoted" in your library and you can find the source. My history teacher used to give us quotes and we would have to find out the who, what, where, when, and why of the quote. That book was a big help. - Toe

n/a

According to the web it was said during the constitutional debates...



http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/wew/articles/00/arms.html

Whenever there's a tragedy involving gun use Bill Clinton, Al Gore, the gun control lobby and the news media, seize it as another opportunity to exploit the emotions of uninformed American people for political gain. Unfortunately, most Americans don't have the foggiest notion of why the Framers of the Constitution, through the Second Amendment, guaranteed our right to keep and bear arms. Our leftist establishment would like us to believe the Second Amendment was written to protect our duck and deer hunting rights. Don't take my word; read what was actually said during the constitutional debates.

Thomas Jefferson said, "No man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."






Lil' Stinker's Opinion

IAMAHUSKER

http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/jefferson/quotations/jeff0100.htm

"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it." --Thomas Jefferson to Archibald Stuart, 1791. ME 8:276

NOTPARS

Thanks. This is a big help. Unfortunately, even these websites don't list the exact source of the quote, where it appears and so forth, which I am still trying to track down. But this is a big start and I appreciate it!

RugerNiner

It may be a false quote. [:(]
http://www.guncite.com/gc2ndbog.html


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