“If the Opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to
disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves” – Joseph Stalin 1929

“The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would
be to allow the subject races to possess arms. History
shows that all conquerors who have allowed their
subjected peoples to carry arms have prepared their own
fall.” — Adolf Hitler 1938

“All political power comes from the barrel of a gun. The
communist party must command all the guns, that way, no
guns can ever be used to command the party.” — Mao
Tse Tung 1949

“I did not join the resistance movement to kill people, to kill
the nation. Look at me now. Am I a savage person? My
conscience is clear.” —Pol Pot 1956

King George III and his ministers blocked importation of
arms and ammunition to America. 1774