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The Sopranos

I get a steel-jacketed anti-depressant right in the back of the head!

Tony Soprano: I’m serious. The wrong person finds out about this and I get a steel-jacketed anti-depressant right in the back of the head!

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Gabrielle Giffords

They…brought shame on themselves and our government itself by choosing to do nothing.

They looked at these most benign and practical of solutions, offered by moderates from each party, and then they looked over their shoulder at the powerful, shadowy gun lobby — and brought shame on themselves and our government itself by choosing to do nothing.

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Gabrielle Giffords

Speaking is physically difficult for me. But my feelings are clear: I’m furious.

Speaking is physically difficult for me. But my feelings are clear: I’m furious. I will not rest until we have righted the wrong these senators have done, and until we have changed our laws so we can look parents in the face and say: We are trying to keep your children safe.

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Gabrielle Giffords

Shame on them.

These senators have heard from their constituents — who polls show overwhelmingly favored expanding background checks. And still these senators decided to do nothing. Shame on them.

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Margaret Thatcher

there is at least one warmaker anxious to exploit the other’s good intentions

For every idealistic peacemaker willing to renounce his self-defence in favour of a weapons-free world, there is at least one warmaker anxious to exploit the other’s good intentions.

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Modern Family

That’s it? No. The agreement was that if he shoots someone, you shoot him.

Claire: What did I tell you would happen if you got him a gun? Deal with this.
Phil: Buddy, uncool.
Claire: That’s it? No. The agreement was that if he shoots someone, you shoot him.

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Nobody's Fool

You know how I feel about arming morons.

Judge Flatt: You know how I feel about arming morons. If you arm one, you’ve got to arm them all, otherwise there’s no sport.

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A Few Good Men

I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom.

Jessep: You can’t handle the truth. Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Who’s gonna do it? You? You, Lieutenant Weinberg? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom.