J. G. A. Pocock Born : March 7, 1924 Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by J. G. A. Pocock As in Machiavelli, the bearing of arms is the essential medium through which the individual asserts both his social power and his participation in politics as a responsible moral being; but the possession of land in nondependent tenure is now the material basis for bearing of arms. J. G. A. Pocock arms essentials gun