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...

Fighting is essentially a masculine idea; a woman's weapon is her tongue.

Fighting is essentially a masculine idea; a woman's weapon is her tongue.

Are bombs the only way of setting fire to the spirit of a people? Is the human will as inert read more

Are bombs the only way of setting fire to the spirit of a people? Is the human will as inert as the past two world-wide wars would indicate?

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

A sword is never a killer, it is a tool in the killer's hands

A sword is never a killer, it is a tool in the killer's hands

Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have read more

Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas.

A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.

A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.

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.

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.