I don't believe in democracy by bayonet.

“Each one appeared less a human being than an extension of his fixed bayonet.”

— Mikhail Iossel

“The bayonet is not a chemical agent the mere possession of it will not make men one whit more intrepid than they are by…

— S.L.A. Marshall

Under divine blessing, we must rely on the bayonet when firearms cannot be furnished

— Stonewall Jackson

A religious act cannot be performed with the aid of the bayonet or the bomb.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Let me tell you what is coming… Your fathers and husbands, your sons and brothers, will be herded at the point of the bayonet...…

— Sam Houston

“If a rifle could not be trusted, its other characteristics were moot. Being a bayonet holder was not enough.”

— C.J. Chivers

“I remember still how full of bad magic all those spearpoints to be put on the ends of rifles seemed to be. One was…

— Kurt Vonnegut

The bayonet has always been the weapon of the brave and the chief tool of victory

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The bullet is a mad thing, only the bayonet knows what it is about.

— Alexander Suvorov

Where the hell do you put the bayonet?

— Chesty Puller

My policy is trust peace and to put aside the bayonet.

— Rutherford B. Hayes

It is the cold glitter of the attacker's eye not the point of the questing bayonet that breaks the line.

— George S. Patton

“I need just be a bayonet, a bayonet named Diving Punishment. I wish I'd been born a storm. Or a menace. Or a single…

— Kouta Hirano

Let us thank God that we live in an age when something has influence besides the bayonet.

— Daniel Webster

“Push out a bayonet. If it strikes fat, push deeper. If it strikes iron, pull back for another day.”

— Robert Harris