Kids are the most conventional people in the world. It is more important than anything else for them to conform, and I was a kind of oddball. I was driven into being independent. I was very, very unhappy. Charlton Heston More Quotes by Charlton Heston More Quotes From Charlton Heston Political correctness is tyranny with manners. Charlton Heston sarcasticwittyfunny There's no such thing as a good gun. There's no such thing as a bad gun. A gun in the hands of a bad man is a very dangerous thing. A gun in the hands of a good person is no danger to anyone except the bad guys. Charlton Heston gunmenhands Political correctness is just tyranny with manners. I wish for you the courage to be unpopular. Popularity is history's pocket change. Courage is history's true currency. Charlton Heston pocketspoliticalwish You can have my gun when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers. Charlton Heston fingerscoldgun I simply cannot stand by and watch a right guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States come under attack from those who either can't understand it, don't like the sound of it, or find themselves too philosophically squeamish to see why it remains the first among equals: Because it is the right we turn to when all else fails. That's why the Second Amendment is America's first freedom. Charlton Heston second-amendmentgunamerica So that this nation may long endure, I urge you to follow in the hallowed footsteps of the great disobedience of history that freed exiles, founded religions, defeated tyrants, and yes, in the hands of an aroused rabble in arms and a few great men Charlton Heston tyrantsmenhands Telling us what to think has evolved into telling us what to say, so telling us what to do can't be far behind. Charlton Heston behindsthinking Sometimes, to be silent is to be most eloquent. Charlton Heston silentwisdomsometimes One way or another, if you're persistent, fortune always smiles on you. Charlton Heston persistentfortuneway It's the camel's nose in the tent. Look at Stalin, Mussolini, Hitler, Mao Zedong, Pol Pot, Idi Amin - every one of these monsters, on seizing power, their first act was to confiscate all firearms in private hands. Charlton Heston camelsmonstershands Any gun in the hands of a bad man is a bad thing. Any gun in the hands of a decent person is no threat to anybody — except bad people. Charlton Heston gunmenhands To the divisive forces that would take freedom away, I want to tell you something: You can have my gun. You can pry it from my cold dead hands! Charlton Heston gunwanthands Another plague upon the land, as devastating as the locusts God loosed on the Egyptians, is 'Political Correctness.' Charlton Heston plaguepoliticalland Moses is the keystone to every man's ethical code. He was the first man of record in history to conceive of the law as separate from the will of a ruler, to choose whether a man should live by grace of law, or law by grace of man. In a literal sense Moses lives at every council table today. Charlton Heston gracelawmen As I have stood in the crosshairs of those who target Second Amendment freedoms, I've realized that firearms are not the only issue. No, it's much, much bigger than that. I've come to understand that a cultural war is raging across our land, in which, with Orwellian fervor, certain acceptable thoughts and speech are mandated. Charlton Heston issuesgunwar If you talk about race, it does not make you a racist. If you see distinctions between the genders, it does not make you a sexist. If you think critically about a denomination, it does not make you anti-religion. If you accept but don't celebrate homosexuality, it does not make you a homophobe. Charlton Heston racedoethinking Let’s be honest. Who here thinks your professors can say what they really believe? It scares me to death, and should scare you too, that the superstition of political correctness rules the halls of reason. What does all of this mean? It means that telling us what to think has evolved into telling us what to say, so telling us what to do can’t be far behind. Before you claim to be a champion of free thought, tell me: Why did political correctness originate on America’s campuses? And why do you continue to tolerate it? Why do you, who’re supposed to debate ideas, surrender to their suppression? Charlton Heston meanbelievethinking The Internet is for lonely people. People should live. Charlton Heston internetlonelypeople I always work on the theory that the audience will believe you best if you believe yourself. Charlton Heston audiencetheorybelieve We will preach the truth to a new generation: The doorway to all freedoms is framed with muskets. It's time the apologists step aside and let freedom's followers lead the way. Charlton Heston generationsfollowersdoorways
