Tom King > Quotes

“It is when we are at our darkest hour, when we can see no evidence that God loves us or that he is even there to listen to our prayers, much less answer them...and yet, we still obey.

It is then that the devil is reminded that his cause is lost.”
― Tom King

“A Christian's duty is to win souls for Christ. It would seem to me that tearing down a church you disagree with is like shooting holes in someone else's overloaded lifeboat to prove it's not as safe as yours. (from "Bullies, Wolves, Sheep and Sheepdogs)”
― Tom King

“We may be rats in a maze as far as the Obama administration is concerned, but in Texas, we are rats with a firm knowledge of just where the button is and how to push it. It helps us put up with all the nonsense and it would do the folks in Washington well to remember that. - Tom King ("Why the Secession Talk in Texas")”
― Tom King

“Socialists are convinced socialism will work if it's only managed by the right people. It's one of the reasons so many socialist countries wind up led by dictators. Socialist leaders inevitably become convinced that only they can manage the state properly, so it would be folly, they reason, to give up their hard-won power. That's how socialism always seems to wind up with people like Stalin, Hitler, Pol Pot and Chairman Mao in charge.”
― Tom King

“So rather than spending my golden years searching for the meaning of my life, I rather believe I'll just keep on trying to make some meaning out of my life right up until I pitch over nose first into the dirt for that little nap. - Tom King (I Ain't Afraid of No Grim Reaper)”
― Tom King

“There is only one reason to do a charity golf tournament. To make money! But while golf tournaments can be exhausting, time-consuming and fraught with risk, they can be downright satisfying and profitable if done right. Ultimately a golf tournament may be the hardest work you'll ever love. - Tom King”
― Tom King, Going for the Green!: An Insider's Guide to Raising Money With Charity Golf

“What they don't tell you is that Britain has a long history of gun control. The Brits have prohibited handguns since 1920. The British Parliament told the British people that the Firearms Act of 1920 was passed to stop firearms from being used by criminals and other “evilly disposed or irresponsible persons.”
― Tom King, Give Guns a Chance

“the United States, the rights and privileges that the government exercises are granted to it by the citizens of this country. The U.S. Government does not “grant” us anything. Its purpose is, rather, to protect her citizens' lives, liberties, and their right to pursue happiness. As an essential part of that contract, the citizens of the United States reserve the right to withdraw any of the powers and privileges the government enjoys, if it should ever exceed its mandate from the people.”
― Tom King, Give Guns a Chance

“It seems intuitive that if you simply take away everyone's guns, the killing will stop. The problem is that it doesn't. In Britain and Australia, gun crimes actually took a break from a long steady decline and went up for a while after the ban went into effect.”
― Tom King, Give Guns a Chance

“Florida State University criminologist, Gary Kleck, another self-described “doctrinaire liberal” conducted a further study that found that two million crimes per year are foiled by citizens armed with privately owned guns. In most cases the guns were never fired.”
― Tom King, Give Guns a Chance

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. —Edmund Burke”
― Tom King, Give Guns a Chance

“Churchill's promise that “We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.”
― Tom King, Give Guns a Chance

“One can be a good person and still believe that certain behaviors are a sin. I personally think lying is a sin, but some of my best friends are liars.”
― Tom King, Going for the Green!: An Insider's Guide to Raising Money With Charity Golf

“What they don't want are a lot of angry deer hunters and ex-military sharpshooters taking pot shots at them.”
― Tom King, Give Guns a Chance

“Ben Franklin, writing for the Historical Review of Pennsylvania in 1789, famously said, “They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” Harsh words perhaps, but given Franklin's experience with kings and princes, quite a practical bit of advice.”
― Tom King, Give Guns a Chance

“The trouble for the LEAA was that Dr. Wright, a known advocate for gun control, turned out to be a much better scientist than the LEAA had supposed. To their horror Dr. Wright's study found that no gun law or combination of gun laws ever passed could be shown to reduce crime.”
― Tom King, Give Guns a Chance

“Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty teeth and keystone under independence.... From the hour the Pilgrims landed to the present day, events, occurrences, and tendencies prove that to ensure peace, security, and happiness, the rifle and pistol are equally indispensable.... The very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference; they deserve a place of honor with all that's good... A free people ought to be armed. —George Washington”
― Tom King, Give Guns a Chance

“neither the Germans or the Japanese ever contemplated actually attacking the American homeland with troops. As one commentator once observed, invading troops would have not just faced the American military, they'd have also found a loaded rifle behind every blade of grass held firmly in the hands of people who knew how to shoot.”
― Tom King, Give Guns a Chance

“The point of maintaining an armed citizenry is two-fold: (1) to reduce the confidence of those in power, and (2) to increase the self-confidence of individual citizens.”
― Tom King, Give Guns a Chance