Winston Churchill They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. It is their illegal use that endangers us and that must be addressed through vigorous criminal prosecution. I ask the Director of the Arkansas State Police to make purchasing and requisition decisions based on quality, service, and price. I will not ask him to award a lucrative government contract in order to further a political agenda geared at controlling and destroying the firearms industry. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.
Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
As nightfall does not come at once, neither does oppression. In both instances, there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly unchanged. And it is in such twilight that we all must be most aware of change in the air, however slight, lest we become unwitting victims of the darkness. If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms.