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

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.

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.

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 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...

I don't have to be careful, I've got a gun

I don't have to be careful, I've got a gun

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 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.

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