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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?
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.
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.
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.
Weapons are like money; no one knows the meaning of enough.
Weapons are like money; no one knows the meaning of enough.
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.
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 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...