"Every time our country stands in the path of danger, an instinct seems to summon her finest first. Those who truly understand her. When freedom shivers in the cold peril, it's always the Patriots who first hear her call. When loss of liberty is looming as it is now, the siren sounds first in the hearts of freedoms vanguard. When ordinary hands can possess such an extraordinary instrument, that symbolizes the full measure of human dignity and liberty. That's why those five words issue an a irresistible call to us and we muster:
"From my cold dead hands"
-Charlton Heston