False is the idea of utility that sacrifices a thousand real advantages for
one imaginary or trifling inconvenience; that would take fire from men
because it burns, and water because one may drown in it; that has no remedy
for evils except destruction. The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are
laws of such a nature. They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor
determined to commit crime.
Cesare Beccaria, quoted by Thomas Jefferson
"I remember the day in January I told Osama, 'If George steals the election, make those rich conservatives pay' " - Glenn Reynolds.