America, today, spends more on armaments and military than all the other nations of the world, combined.
Armed Quotes
It is part of the general pattern of misguided policy that our country is now geared to an arms industry which was bred in an artificially induced psychosis of war hysteria and nurtured upon an incessant propaganda of fear.
“Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just” And four times he who gets his fist in fust.
Before all else, be armed.
Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom in Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed.
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.
Police, n. An armed force for protection and participation.
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)
