Charlton Heston Quotes About Constitution

Quotes about: Constitution

• I simply cannot stand by and watch a right guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States come under attack from those who either can't understand it, don't like the sound of it, or find themselves too philosophically squeamish to see why it remains the first among equals: Because it is the right we turn to when all else fails. That's why the Second Amendment is America's first freedom.

  Charlton Heston

  Gun, America, Second Amendment

  Speech to the National Press Club, September 14, 1997.

• One of the [Million Mom] marchers said 'the hands that rock the cradle rule this nation.' I thought, 'no Madame, the hands that rock the cradle rule our families and governments and corporations. The hands that wrote the Constitution rule this nation'.

  Charlton Heston

  Mom, Rocks, Government

  "Charlton Heston Speech Highlights Second Day of NRA Convention". transcripts.cnn.com. May 20, 2000.

• A clear enunciation of these rights needs to be enshrined in the constitution to guarantee that this basic right of law-abiding gun owners and sportsmen shall not be infringed upon by anti-gun public officials.

  Charlton Heston

  Gun, Law, Rights

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