Armed Combat Quotes

I don't mind knife fights. I just want the knives to come to the front.

War is nothing but a duel on a larger scale.

If you have a sword, and the Aielman has his bare hands, it is an even fight. If you're good.

The fact is that Britain is the most warlike nation on earth. In the history of armed combat, we are the only democracy to have declared war on another democracy - England versus Finland in the second world war, in case you're interested - and we're always at the front of the queue when Johnny Foreigner gets a bit uppity. Who stood up to the Kaiser? Who stood up to Adolf? And let's not forget the Argies. What other country would have sent its fleet halfway round the world and lost 250 men to protect a flock of sheep and some oil that might or might not be there? We're still at it.

Knowing how to fight made men more bold, because no one fears doing what it seems to him he has learned to do. Therefore, the ancients wanted their citizens to be trained in every warlike action.

You have to go to war with a sword and a shield. You cannot go to war with bare hands.

I don’t believe rape is inevitable or natural. If I did, I would have no reason to be here. If I did, my political practice would be different than it is. Have you ever wondered why we [women] are not just in armed combat against you? It’s not because there’s a shortage of kitchen knives in this country. It is because we believe in your humanity, against all the evidence.

One had a knife. But I had a staff and was trained to use it.

Sooner or later the world will have to return to the good old days when we fought wars and killed people the old-fashioned way, one at a time.

The only way to find out why someone decides to engage in armed combat is to look at their individual personality.

I grew up riding all my life, so I was very comfy on a horse, thank God. Although I'd never ridden... with sword in my hand.

The armed struggle is not ending just now. We are upholding a ceasefire. We have our arms with us.