They that give up essential liberty to obtain temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. The ideal tyranny is that which is ignorantly self-administered by its victims. A congressman is a pig. Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe and preserve order in the world as well as property. Horrid mischief would ensue where the law abiding deprived the use of them.
Patriotism means to stand by the country.
It does not mean to stand by the president or any public official, save exactly to the degree he himself stands by the country. When the people fear the government, tyranny has found victory. There is no such thing as a majority right. No freeman shall ever be debarred the use of arms.