Allan Rock famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

I came to Ottawa with the firm belief that the only people in this country who should have guns are police officers and soldiers.
-- Allan Rock

#Country #Gun #People
... protection of life is NOT a legitimate use for a firearm in this country sir! Not! That is expressly ruled out!
-- Allan Rock

#Country #Use #Life Is
So, will his new gun laws - aimed primarily at law-abiding firearms owners - reduce the crime rate even further? Rock is hesitant to give a conclusive answer: "I think it will help. (But) I don't want to overstate it. I don't want to give any guarantees."
-- Allan Rock

#Thinking #Gun #Rocks
It's true that the judgement of what firearms should be prohibited will be decided by the government of the day - and shouldn't it be that way?
-- Allan Rock

#Government #Judgement #Way
There are already laws prohibiting the promotion of hatred and we are now considering new laws to establish limits on the use of the Internet and other forms of communication in a way that might be harmful to us all.
-- Allan Rock

#Communication #Law #Hatred

A country scratching a lazy irritation at sagging doorjambs and late trains, whose greatest attribute is a collective, smelly tolerance, where a chap will put up with almost everything, which means he won't care about anything enough to get out of a chair.A country of public insouciance and private, grubby guilt, where you can believe anything as long as you don't believe it too fervently. A country where the highest aspiration is for a quiet life.
Even if my country remains in war with yours. . .remember. . . i am not your enemy.
Arthur V. Berger commenting on the music of Aaron Copland: Here is at last an American that we may place unapologetically beside the great recognized creative figures of any other country.
It is always the young that make the change. You don't get these ideas when you're middle-aged. Young people have daring, creativity, imagination and personal computers. Above all, what you have as young people that's vitally needed to make social change, is impatience. You want it to happen now. There have to be enough people that say, â€˜We want it now, in our lifetime.â€™ This is your moment. This is your opportunity. Be adventurists in the sense of being bold and daring. Be opportunists and seize this opportunity, this moment in history, to go out and save our country. It's your turn now.
Be glad I don't have my gun because right now I'm considering the different ways I can get you to shut up. Let me scream and back off.
FREE animals of the jungle/air/sea/mountains are called 'wild', 'savage', 'vicious', 'beasts' who defend themselves and their own territories from greedy, ruthless 'brave' men armed to the teeth/ with snares, tranquilizing guns, other. Enslaving them forever, then murdering them, THEN calling them 'dumb'!!!
Eating disorders are like a gun that's formed by genetics, loaded by a culture and family ideals, and triggered by unbearable distress.
I've never cared for guns. In fact, when I did 'Scent of a Woman' I had to learn how to assemble one.
Like most parents, I've been stumped by homework, the big questions, such as: 'What is the point of geography - the pilot always knows where we are going?'. Answer: 'If you didn't know any geography, people would think you were an American, and you wouldn't be able to put them right because you wouldn't know where they live.'
People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.

Allan Rock famous quotes

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