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Weapons are like money; no one knows the meaning of enough.
Weapons are like money; no one knows the meaning of enough.
The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of read more
The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness
"The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs, and explosions, and fallout. There are weapons that are simply read more
"The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs, and explosions, and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, ideas, predjudices, to be found only in the minds of men. For the record, predjudices can kill and suspicion can destroy. A thoughtless, freightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all it's own for the children yet unborn. And the pity of it is, is that these things can not be confined to the Twighlight Zone.
Fervor is the weapon of choice of the impotent.
Fervor is the weapon of choice of the impotent.
It's not enough to be able to pick up a sword. You have to know which end to poke into read more
It's not enough to be able to pick up a sword. You have to know which end to poke into the enemy.
The main foundations of every state, new states as well as ancient or composite ones, are good laws and good read more
The main foundations of every state, new states as well as ancient or composite ones, are good laws and good arms - you cannot have good laws without good arms, and where there are good arms, good laws inevitably follow
The chief foundations of all states... are good laws and good arms. And as there cannot be good laws where read more
The chief foundations of all states... are good laws and good arms. And as there cannot be good laws where there are not good arms... where there are good arms there must be good laws...
Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive one; it is man and not materials that counts
Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive one; it is man and not materials that counts
Words are weapons, and it is dangerous . . . to borrow them from the arsenal of the enemy.
Words are weapons, and it is dangerous . . . to borrow them from the arsenal of the enemy.