Matthew McConaughey
American actor, Academy Award winner for Dallas Buyers Club (2014); author of the memoir Greenlights (2020).
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Americans agree on gun responsibility more than they disagree, and it should not be a partisan issue
this gun responsibility issue is one that we agree on more than we don’t. It really is. But this should be a nonpartisan issue. This should not be a partisan issue.
bidenwhitehouse.archives.govSaid 7 Jun 2022This on korrents
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Gun responsibility differs from gun control: a duty that preserves the Second Amendment right rather than a mandate that can infringe it
There is a difference between control and responsibility. The first is a mandate that can infringe on our right; the second is a duty that will preserve it. There is no constitutional barrier to gun responsibility.
statesman.comSaid 6 Jun 2022This on korrents
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Americans agree on gun responsibility more than they disagree, and it should not be a partisan issue
this gun responsibility issue is one that we agree on more than we don’t. It really is. But this should be a nonpartisan issue. This should not be a partisan issue.
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and Matthew McConaughey (White House transcript, 7 June 2022) Said 7 Jun 2022
Americans are not as divided as they are being told they are
we are not as divided as we’re being told we are.
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and Matthew McConaughey (White House transcript, 7 June 2022) Said 7 Jun 2022
Politicians cannot truly lead if they live only for reelection
We can’t truly be leaders if we’re only living for reelection.
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and Matthew McConaughey (White House transcript, 7 June 2022) Said 7 Jun 2022
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Gun responsibility differs from gun control: a duty that preserves the Second Amendment right rather than a mandate that can infringe it
There is a difference between control and responsibility. The first is a mandate that can infringe on our right; the second is a duty that will preserve it. There is no constitutional barrier to gun responsibility.
Matthew McConaughey: It’s time to act on gun responsibility (op-ed, Austin American-Statesman, 6 June 2022) Said 6 Jun 2022
Keeping firearms away from dangerous people is the best way to protect the Second Amendment
Keeping firearms out of the hands of dangerous people is not only the responsible thing to do, it is the best way to protect the Second Amendment.
Matthew McConaughey: It’s time to act on gun responsibility (op-ed, Austin American-Statesman, 6 June 2022) Said 6 Jun 2022
Outside the military, buying an assault rifle such as an AR-15 should require being 21
Unless you are in the military, you should be 21 years old to purchase an assault rifle. I’m not talking about 12-gauge shotguns or lever-action hunting rifles. I’m talking about the weapon of choice for mass murderers, AR-15s.
Matthew McConaughey: It’s time to act on gun responsibility (op-ed, Austin American-Statesman, 6 June 2022) Said 6 Jun 2022
A national waiting period to buy an assault rifle is an acceptable sacrifice for responsible gun owners
A waiting period to purchase an assault rifle is an acceptable sacrifice for responsible gun owners when it can prevent a mass shooting crime of passion or suicide.
Matthew McConaughey: It’s time to act on gun responsibility (op-ed, Austin American-Statesman, 6 June 2022) Said 6 Jun 2022
Real democratic confrontation requires granting the other side legitimacy; delegitimising the opposition is not real democracy
the beautiful part about democracy is the confrontation brings unity. And if you invalidate or illegitimize or persona non grata the opposition, that’s not real confrontation. That’s not real democracy.
Matthew McConaughey On His New Book “Greenlights” (The Hugh Hewitt Show, video and transcript, 11 November 2020) Said 11 Nov 2020
Americans need to find simple shared values to rebuild trust in one another
So we’ve got to find our common denominators, values that we can all agree on, the simple ones. It’s not rocket science. Start moving forward with a little trust again.
Matthew McConaughey On His New Book “Greenlights” (The Hugh Hewitt Show, video and transcript, 11 November 2020) Said 11 Nov 2020
A person should keep a hero to chase who stays out of reach, such as their own self ten years on
my hero's always 10 years away. I'm never gonna be my hero. I'm not gonna attain that; I know I'm not. And that's just fine with me, because that keeps me with somebody to keep on chasin'.
Gratitude reciprocates
He has shown me that it's a scientific fact that gratitude reciprocates.
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