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.

After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it. I read more

After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it. I sure as hell wouldn't want to live in a society where the only people allowed guns are the police and the military.

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.

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.

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?

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

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

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...

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