01-16-2013, 09:01 PM
This isn't the original text, but I'm sure you can see how it can be applied....
First they came for the machine guns,
and I didn't speak out because I didn't own one.
Then they came for the assault weapons,
and I didn't speak out because I didn't own one.
Then they came for the pistols,
and I didn't speak out because I didn't own one.
Then they came for me,
and there were no guns left to stop them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came...
Don't budge an inch unless you are willing to give up a mile. Now is the time to get everyone involved. People that think this is only about guns are naive. Free people that don't want to be ruled need to take a stand.
Another quote comes to mind...
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing" - Edmund Burke
I was reading to make sure I got the quote correct and I stumbled across this on his wikipedia page. Read the end of the section "Democracy", specifically: ....he thought that common people had dangerous and angry passions that could be easily aroused by demagogues if they had the vote; he feared the authoritarian impulses that could be empowered by these passions would undermine cherished traditions and established religion, leading to violence and confiscation of property....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Burke#Democracy
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First they came for the machine guns,
and I didn't speak out because I didn't own one.
Then they came for the assault weapons,
and I didn't speak out because I didn't own one.
Then they came for the pistols,
and I didn't speak out because I didn't own one.
Then they came for me,
and there were no guns left to stop them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came...
Don't budge an inch unless you are willing to give up a mile. Now is the time to get everyone involved. People that think this is only about guns are naive. Free people that don't want to be ruled need to take a stand.
Another quote comes to mind...
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing" - Edmund Burke
I was reading to make sure I got the quote correct and I stumbled across this on his wikipedia page. Read the end of the section "Democracy", specifically: ....he thought that common people had dangerous and angry passions that could be easily aroused by demagogues if they had the vote; he feared the authoritarian impulses that could be empowered by these passions would undermine cherished traditions and established religion, leading to violence and confiscation of property....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Burke#Democracy
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