Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. Indeed, it is a weapon unique in history, which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it.
—Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–68) American Civil Rights Leader, Clergyman
Since I couldn’t actuate the things that I wanted to do, the only weapon I had was to say no
—Sidney Poitier (1927–2022) Bahamanian-American Actor
As a teacher of Greek I gave the intellectual man weapons against the common man. I now want to give the common man weapons against the intellectual man
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish Playwright
No weapon has ever settled a moral problem. It can impose a solution but it cannot guarantee it to be a just one
—Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American Author, Journalist, Short Story Writer
Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
—Charles de Gaulle (1890–1970) French General, Statesman
Print is the sharpest and the strongest weapon of our party.
—Joseph Stalin (1878–1953) Soviet Leader
The pen is a formidable weapon, but a man can kill himself with it a great deal more easily than he can other people
—George D. Prentice (1802–70) American Journalist, Editor
Weapons are like money; no one knows the meaning of enough.
—Martin Amis (1949–2023) British Novelist, Journalist
On the justification for the war, it wasn’t related to finding any particular weapon of mass destruction
—Stephen Harper
Women’s weapon, water-drops
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
It is far more important to be able to hit the target than it is to haggle over who makes a weapon or who pulls a trigger
—Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969) American Head of State, Military Leader
A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us
—Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013) British Head of State
We continue to have nuclear weapons relied on as a weapon of choice. If that policy were to continue, we continue to have countries who are in a security bind, if you like, or perceive themselves to be in security bind to look for acquisition of nuclear weapons
—Mohamed ElBaradei (b.1942) Egyptian Diplomat
The printing press is the greatest weapon in the armoury of the modern commander.
—T. E. Lawrence (1888–1935) British Soldier, Scholar, Writer
We have ancient habits to deal with, vast structures of power, indescribably complicated problems to solve. But unless we abdicate our humanity altogether and succumb to fear and impotence in the presence of the weapons we have ourselves created, it is as possible and as urgent to put an end to war and violence between nations as it is to put an end to poverty and racial injustice.
—Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–68) American Civil Rights Leader, Clergyman
Anyone who has to fight, even with the most modern weapons, against an enemy in complete command of the air, fights like a savage against modern European troops, under the same handicaps and with the same chances of success.
—Erwin Rommel (1891–1944) German Soldier
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
—Nelson Mandela (1918–2013) South African Political leader
I don’t know the weapons that will be used in the Third World War, but in the Forth, men will use wood and stones.
—Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born Physicist
The atom bomb was no “great decision.” It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness.
—Harry S. Truman (1884–1972) American Head of State
It was the removing of a regime that was hostile, that clearly had the intention of constructing weapons systems
—Stephen Harper
Nonviolence is a weapon of the strong
—Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869–1948) Indian Hindu Political leader
The science of weapons and war has made us all one world and one human race with one common destiny
—John F. Kennedy (1917–63) American Head of State, Journalist
Propaganda is a soft weapon; hold it in your hands too long, and it will move about like a snake, and strike the other way.
—Jean Anouilh (1910–87) French Dramatist
Books won’t stay banned. They won’t burn. Ideas won’t go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas. The source of better ideas is wisdom. The surest path to wisdom is a liberal education.
—Alfred Whitney Griswold (1906–63) American Historian, Educator
Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade.
—J. M. Barrie (1860–1937) Scottish Novelist, Dramatist
Words are weapons, and it is dangerous in speculation, as in politics, to borrow them from the arsenal of the enemy
—George Santayana (1863–1952) Spanish-American Poet, Philosopher
With the monstrous weapons man already has, humanity is in danger of being trapped in this world by its moral adolescents
—Omar Bradley (1893–1981) American Military Leader
The terror created by weaponry has never stopped men from employing them.
—Bernard M. Baruch (1870–1965) American Financier, Economic Consultant
A sword is never a killer, it is a tool in the killer’s hands
—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) (c.4 BCE–65 CE) Roman Stoic Philosopher, Statesman, Tragedian
This idea of weapons of mass exterminations utterly horrible and is something which no one with one spark of humanity can tolerate. I will not pretend to obey a government which is organizing a mass massacre of mankind.
—Bertrand A. Russell (1872–1970) British Philosopher, Mathematician, Social Critic
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