Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes

I'm not saying everybody has to walk around with a six-shooter, but they have to be prepared. You don't have to be militarized, but you have to be ready.

We continue to be vigilant.

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.

At the end of the day, man, you can't protect yourself from a haymaker that's coming in toward your face if you don't see it coming.

Given Ivan's size and power, we must remain vigilant.

When I slept it was literally in the midst of an arsenal. If I heard dogs bark more fiercely than usual, or the feet of horses in a greater volume of sound than usual, I stood to arms.

Be Prepared.

No one will have mercy on those who cannot defend themselves in the Middle East.

The supposed quietude of a good man allures the ruffian; while on the other hand, arms, like law, discourage and keep the invader and the plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property.

Will we forever live by our sword? We definitely will live with our sword. I don't think our children or grandchildren won't be soldiers. We must make efforts to try and not live only by our sword, but we will always be with a sword.

One should be alert and know how to defend oneself in case something untoward happens.

Peace is a virgin who dare not show her face without Strength, her father, for protection.

A Warrior is always vigilant.

Peace is our goal but preparedness is the price we must pay.

We can do without butter, but, despite all our love of peace, not without arms. One cannot shoot with butter, but with guns.

Let him who desires peace prepare for war.

My pistols, however, I always kept by me.

Would you rather have butter or guns? Preparedness makes us powerful. Butter merely makes us fat.

At the end of the day, the goals are simple: safety and security.

Weapons are created to be used. There's no place for the weak on this earth.

One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.

Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory.

You didn't have to worry that marauding bands would come and seize everything in your factory and hire someone to protect against this because of the work the rest of us did.

There is no safety where there is no strength.