Quote De Jour

"Damn it, it isn't a function of the States to deprive its people the means of self-protection. Doesn't it strike you as odd that all our governments who loudly claim to rule by the will of the people are willing to run almost any risk rather then let the people have arms? Isn't it almost a principle that a people should not be allowed to defend itself, but should be forced to defend its Government? The only people I know who are trusted by their Government are the Swiss." - John Wyndham - The Kraken Wakes (Penguin edition page 161)-- 1953