"Modes by Which Tyrants Accomplish Their Purposes Without Resistance" - Granite Grok

“Modes by Which Tyrants Accomplish Their Purposes Without Resistance”

“One of the ordinary modes by which tyrants accomplish their purposes without resistance is by disarming the people and making it an offense to keep arms… The friends of a free government cannot be too watchful to overcome the dangerous tendency of the public mind to sacrifice for the sake of mere private convenience this powerful check upon the designs of ambitious men.”

– Joseph Story, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, 1811-1845

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