These people may say they think arms are for hugging, but the inescapable logic of their position is that thugs are for arming.
Armed Quotes
Not by force of arms are civilizations held together, but by subtle threads of moral and intellectual principle.
Armaments were not created chiefly for the protection of the nations but for their enslavement
Over time even two armed blind men in a room can do enormous damage to each other, not to speak of the room.
. . .for if a society cannot protect its very structure from armed internal attack, it must follow that no subordinate value can be protected.
Armaments do not, generally speaking, cause wars. This notion, the logical crux of all arguments in favor of disarmament, turns the causal relationship upside down. Actually, it is wars, or conflicts threatening war, that cause armaments, not the reverse.
I was proud the other day when both Republicans and Democrats stood with me in the Rose Garden to announce their support for a clear statement of purpose: you disarm, or we will. (Oct. 5, 2002, regarding Iraq debate in Congress)
Today is Trinity Sunday. Centuries ago words were written to be call and a spur to the faithful servants of Truth and Justice: Arm yourselves, and be ye men of valor, and be in readiness for the conflict; for it is better for us to perish in battle than to look upon the outrage of […]
Artillery lends dignity to what might otherwise be a vulgar brawl.
Armor, n. The kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor is a blacksmith.
