Most of those mocking us and our works night after night have not reached the point of suggesting we are going to use those weapons. They are pretty useless right now.
The atomic bomb certainly is the most powerful of all weapons, but it is conclusively powerful and effective only in the hands of the nation which controls the sky.
You really can’t blame the military for wanting to go to war [in Iraq]. They’ve got all these new toys and they want to know whether they work or not.
For me, nonviolence was not a moral principle but a strategy; there is no moral goodness in using an ineffective weapon.
What about snipers?" I once asked someone. He said, "Oh, most of the snipers have automatic weapon. They arent very accurate.
The jawbone of an ass is just as dangerous a weapon today as in Sampson's time.
Even an inaccurate missile is quite a deterrent.
Chain-mail isn't much defence against an arrow. It certainly isn't when the arrow is being aimed between your eyes.
The broom wasn't as comforting as a flamethrower would have been, but it was better than a mop and certainly more threatening than a feather duster.
A well-aimed spear is worth three.
