Robert A. Heinlein Quote

The police of a state should never be stronger or better armed than the citizenry. An armed citizenry, willing to fight, is the foundation of civil freedom. That's a personal evaluation, of course.


Chapter 9, When we die, do we die all over? (p. 97) - Beyond This Horizon (1948; originally serialized in 1942)


The police of a state should never be stronger or better armed than the citizenry. An armed citizenry, willing to fight, is the foundation of civil...

The police of a state should never be stronger or better armed than the citizenry. An armed citizenry, willing to fight, is the foundation of civil...

The police of a state should never be stronger or better armed than the citizenry. An armed citizenry, willing to fight, is the foundation of civil...

The police of a state should never be stronger or better armed than the citizenry. An armed citizenry, willing to fight, is the foundation of civil...