Arms Quotes

The only way a revolution can triumph is through the force of arms.

When a people consider themselves compelled by circumstances or by oppression, to appeal to arms and resort to their natural rights, they necessarily submit their cause to the great tribunal of public opinion.

… war is a matter not so much of arms as of money

Those who disagree with the dictator's plan have no other means to carry on than to defeat the despot by force of arms.

Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary.

The colored population is the great available and yet, unavailed of, force for restoring the Union. The bare sight of fifty thousand armed, and drilled black soldiers on the bank of the Mississippi, would end the rebellion at once.

A Winchester Rifle should have a place of honor in every black home.

Our American friends offer us money, arms, and advice. We take the money, we take the arms, and we decline the advice.

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.

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

The people of the various provinces are strictly forbidden to have in their possession any swords, short swords, bows, spears, firearms, or other types of arms.

I’ve fired my last shot. I think I should have another round in my belt.

Under Hillary Clinton, the world's largest ever arms deal was made with Saudi Arabia, [worth] more than $80 billion.

Trump doesn't have one establishment, maybe with the exception of the Evangelicals, if you can call them an establishment, but banks, intelligence agencies, arms companies, big foreign money, are all united behind Hillary Clinton, and the media as well, media owners and even journalists themselves.

You cannot impose democracy by force of arms.

Islam alone of all the great religions of the human race was born sword in hand. Islam has always relied on the sword, and for thirteen hundred years the Mullah who reads the Friday prayers in the Mosques wears a sword, even if only made of wood, as a symbol of his creed.

For the laws are dumb in the midst of arms.

Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every kingdom in Europe.

The best way to perpetuate poverty is spending on arms, and poverty itself is a form of violence. The wealthy industrialized countries have been too slow to recognize this. I hope that in this new century and new millennium, the world will learn that if you want peace, you must prepare for peace, plan for peace, work for it, and comply with its dictates. Lasting peace will never be achieved with the instruments of war.

Come the three corners of the world in arms, and we shall shock them.

Arms and laws do not flourish together.

We cannot be both the world's leading champion of peace and the world's leading supplier of the weapons of war.

One must never compromise with tyrants. One can only strike at kings through the head. Nothing can be expected from European kings except by force of arms. I vote for the death of the tyrant.

The truth is that if Israel were to put down its arms there would be no more Israel. If the Arabs were to put down their arms there would be no more war.

In fact, during her [Hillary Clinton] tenure as Secretary of State, total arms exports from the United States in terms of the dollar value, doubled.