If you really believe the number one priority of our government is the protection of our people, then the idea of being defenseless against an intercontinental ballistic missile or any other type of weapon system that puts us in jeopardy is not acceptable.
—Don Nickles (b.1948) American Politician, Businessman
Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today’s world do not have.
—Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) American Head of State
Nonviolence is a weapon of the strong
—Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869–1948) Indian Hindu Political leader
A weapon is an enemy even to its owner.
—Turkish Proverb
Fervor is the weapon of choice of the impotent.
—Frantz Fanon (1925–61) French-Martinique Psychoanalyst, Philosopher
His foe was folly and his weapon wit.
—Anthony Hope (1863–1933) English Novelist, Playwright
Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful.
—Molly Ivins (1944–2007) American Journalist, Humorist
The pen is mightier than the sword—only if the sword is very small and the pen is very sharp.
—Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English Fantasy Writer
Weapons are like money; no one knows the meaning of enough.
—Martin Amis (1949–2023) British Novelist, Journalist
Force is the weapon of the weak.
—Ammon Hennacy (1893–1970) American Pacifist, Anarchist
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
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
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
Human curiosity, the urge to know, is a powerful force and is perhaps the best secret weapon of all in the struggle to unravel the workings of the natural world.
—Aaron Klug (1926–2018) English Chemist, Biophysicist
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
The sole pre-occupation of this learned society was the destruction of humanity for philanthropic reasons and the perfection of weapons as instruments of civilization.
—Jules Verne (1828–1905) French Novelist
An atom-blaster is a good weapon, but it can point both ways.
—Isaac Asimov (1920–92) Russian-born American Writer, Scientist
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, Poet
I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.
—Thomas Edison (1847–1931) American Inventor, Scientist, Entrepreneur
Knowledge is a weapon. I intend to be formidably armed.
—Terry Goodkind (1948–2020) American Author of Fantasy Fiction
Science burrows its insulted head in the filth of slaughterous inventions
—Winston Churchill (1874–1965) British Leader, Historian, Journalist, Author
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
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
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
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
The printing press is the greatest weapon in the armoury of the modern commander.
—T. E. Lawrence (1888–1935) British Soldier, Scholar, Writer
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
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
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