Carl Lund

“Anyone who clings to the historically untrue—and thoroughly immoral—doctrine that ‘violence never settles anything’ I would advise to conjure up the ghosts of Napoleon Bonaparte and of the Duke of Wellington and let them debate it. The ghost of Hitler could referee, and the jury might well be the Dodo, the Great Auk, and the Passenger Pigeon. Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and freedoms.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers

“Preachers delivered sermons on the Constitution, pro and con.”
― Michael J. Klarman, The Framers' Coup: The Making of the United States Constitution

“Many Antifederalists additionally favored prohibiting Congress from disarming the people, warning that once the national government monopolized military force, it would rule supreme and the states would be destroyed”
― Michael J. Klarman, The Framers' Coup: The Making of the United States Constitution

“No word matters. But man forgets reality and remembers words.”
― Roger Zelazny, Lord of Light