Weapon Quotes

Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade.
James M. Barrie

Terrorists have already attacked our Nation once. There is every reason to believe that they will try again - possibly with a weapon of mass destruction; a weapon that could be smuggled into our ports
Mike Fitzpatrick

The best political weapon is the weapon of terror. Cruelty commands respect. Men may hate us. But, we don't ask for their love; only for their fear
Heinrich Himmler

The sword was a very elegant weapon in the days of the samurai. You had honor and chivalry much like the knights, and yet it was a gruesome and horrific weapon.
Dustin Diamond†

The threat of terrorism is great and with today's porous borders, someone could bring a biological weapon into our country or sneak a dirty bomb across unmanned portions of our borders
Bobby Jindal

The world is now aware that the most unavoidable and most dangerous weapon that exists is the blind decisiveness of a man ready to sacrifice his life for an obscure cause.†
Omar Bongo

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

We were fortunate to have the Russians as our childhood enemies. We practiced hiding under our desks in case they had the temerity to drop a nuclear weapon.†
Kary Mullis

A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.

Words are weapons, and it is dangerous . . . to borrow them from the arsenal of the enemy.

Fighting is essentially a masculine idea; a woman's weapon is her tongue.
Hermione Gingold

I call upon the scientific community in our country, those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind and world peace

A man of courage never needs weapons, but he may need bail

A weapon is an enemy even to its owner

The chief foundations of all states... are good laws and good arms. And as there cannot be good laws where there are not good arms... where there are good arms there must be good laws...

Swords are weapons. The way of swords is the way to kill. However you dress it up in righteousness, killing is your truth
Hiko Seijuro

The danger of terrorists and rogue states is compounded by the proliferation of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons.
Joseph Lieberman

Instead of trying to build newer and bigger weapons of destruction, we should be thinking about getting more use out of the ones we already have

It was the removing of a regime that was hostile, that clearly had the intention of constructing weapons systems

The nexus between terrorism and nuclear weapons, or even nuclear material, is obviously a current concern
Mitchell Reiss

Why not have your nuclear bombs in your briefcase? All of these policies that America upholds, nuclear weapons, privatization, all of these things are going to mutate and metamorphosis into these dangerous things.

Weapons are the tools of violence;all decent men detest them.Weapons are the tools of fear;a decent man will avoid themexcept in the direst necessityand, if compelled, will use themonly with the utmost restraint.Peace is his highest value.If the peace has been shattered,how can he be content?His enemies are not demons,but human beings like himself.He doesn't wish them personal harm.Nor does he rejoice in victory.How could he rejoice in victoryand delight in the slaughter of men?He enters a battle gravely,with sorrow and with great compassion,as if he were attending a funeral
Lao Tzu†

We have ancient habits to deal with, vast structures of power, indescribably complicated problems to solve. But unless we abdicate our humanity altogether and succumb to fear and impotence in the presence of the weapons we have ourselves created, it is as possible and as urgent to put an end to war and violence between nations as it is to put an end to poverty and racial injustice
Martin Luther King Jr†







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