---
title: "6 Kept Men Quotes by 6 authors"
description: "Browse 6 Kept Men quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Kept Men sayings and thoughts."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d43/john-f-kennedy-246_arms_arms-alone-are-not-enough-to-keep-the-pe_208268.jpg"
---

> [Arms alone are not enough to keep the peace. It must be kept by men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-kennedy/arms-alone-are-not-enough-to-keep-the-peace-it-must-be-kept-by-men/)

[John F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-f-kennedy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d43/john-f-kennedy-246_arms_arms-alone-are-not-enough-to-keep-the-pe_208268.jpg)

> [“Within months, Ray Quinn had died, but he'd kept his word. He'd kept it through the three men he'd made his sons.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-roberts/within-months-ray-quinn-had-died-but-he-d-kept-his-word-he-d-kept-it/)

[Nora Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nora-roberts/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa1/nora-roberts-128_young-boy_within-months-ray-quinn-had-died-but-he_1068679.jpg)

> [I never agree with Communists or any other kind of kept men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/i-never-agree-with-communists-or-any-other-kind-of-kept-men/)

[H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/288/h-l-mencken-245_agree_i-never-agree-with-communists-or-any-oth_2559390.png)

> [I've lost a lot of teeth and square yards of hide. But I've never lost my self-respect, and I've kept what I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rabbit-maranville/i-ve-lost-a-lot-of-teeth-and-square-yards-of-hide-but-i-ve-never-lost/)

[Rabbit Maranville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rabbit-maranville/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf9/rabbit-maranville-61236_age_i-ve-lost-a-lot-of-teeth-and-square-yard_2597481.jpg)

> [“As I saw it, a little threatening was a good thing. It kept the men on their toes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tahir-shah/as-i-saw-it-a-little-threatening-was-a-good-thing-it-kept-the-men-on/)

[Tahir Shah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tahir-shah/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b09/tahir-shah-3083_alertness_as-i-saw-it-a-little-threatening-was-a-g_2711671.png)

> [No catalogue of horrors ever kept men from war. Before the war you always think that it's not you that dies. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/no-catalogue-of-horrors-ever-kept-men-from-war-before-the-war-you/)

[Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35c/ernest-hemingway-83_brother_no-catalogue-of-horrors-ever-kept-men-fr_2809307.jpg)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kept-men/#itemlist",
            "name": "Kept Men Quotes",
            "numberOfItems": 6,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Arms alone are not enough to keep the peace. It must be kept by men.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "John F. Kennedy"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-kennedy/arms-alone-are-not-enough-to-keep-the-peace-it-must-be-kept-by-men/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d43/john-f-kennedy-246_arms_arms-alone-are-not-enough-to-keep-the-pe_208268.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d43/john-f-kennedy-246_arms_arms-alone-are-not-enough-to-keep-the-pe_208268.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d43/john-f-kennedy-246_arms_arms-alone-are-not-enough-to-keep-the-pe_208268.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Arms alone are not enough to keep the peace. It must be kept by men.” — John F. Kennedy",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“Within months, Ray Quinn had died, but he'd kept his word. He'd kept it through the three men he'd made his sons. Those men had given the scrawny, suspicious, and scarred young boy a life. They had given him a home, and made him a man. Cameron, the edgy, quick-tempered gypsy; Ethan, the patient, steady waterman; Phillip, the elegant, sharp-minded executive. They had stood for him, fought for him. They had saved him. His brothers.”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Nora Roberts"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-roberts/within-months-ray-quinn-had-died-but-he-d-kept-his-word-he-d-kept-it/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa1/nora-roberts-128_young-boy_within-months-ray-quinn-had-died-but-he_1068679.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa1/nora-roberts-128_young-boy_within-months-ray-quinn-had-died-but-he_1068679.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa1/nora-roberts-128_young-boy_within-months-ray-quinn-had-died-but-he_1068679.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Within months, Ray Quinn had died, but he'd kept his word. He'd kept it through the three men he'd made his…” — Nora Roberts",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "I never agree with Communists or any other kind of kept men.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "H. L. Mencken"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/i-never-agree-with-communists-or-any-other-kind-of-kept-men/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/288/h-l-mencken-245_agree_i-never-agree-with-communists-or-any-oth_2559390.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/288/h-l-mencken-245_agree_i-never-agree-with-communists-or-any-oth_2559390.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/288/h-l-mencken-245_agree_i-never-agree-with-communists-or-any-oth_2559390.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“I never agree with Communists or any other kind of kept men.” — H. L. Mencken",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "I've lost a lot of teeth and square yards of hide. But I've never lost my self-respect, and I've kept what I find in few men of my age - my enthusiasm.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Rabbit Maranville"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rabbit-maranville/i-ve-lost-a-lot-of-teeth-and-square-yards-of-hide-but-i-ve-never-lost/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf9/rabbit-maranville-61236_age_i-ve-lost-a-lot-of-teeth-and-square-yard_2597481.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf9/rabbit-maranville-61236_age_i-ve-lost-a-lot-of-teeth-and-square-yard_2597481.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf9/rabbit-maranville-61236_age_i-ve-lost-a-lot-of-teeth-and-square-yard_2597481.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“I've lost a lot of teeth and square yards of hide. But I've never lost my self-respect, and I've kept what I…” — Rabbit Maranville",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“As I saw it, a little threatening was a good thing. It kept the men on their toes.”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Tahir Shah"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tahir-shah/as-i-saw-it-a-little-threatening-was-a-good-thing-it-kept-the-men-on/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b09/tahir-shah-3083_alertness_as-i-saw-it-a-little-threatening-was-a-g_2711671.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b09/tahir-shah-3083_alertness_as-i-saw-it-a-little-threatening-was-a-g_2711671.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b09/tahir-shah-3083_alertness_as-i-saw-it-a-little-threatening-was-a-g_2711671.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“As I saw it, a little threatening was a good thing. It kept the men on their toes.” — Tahir Shah",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 6,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "No catalogue of horrors ever kept men from war. Before the war you always think that it's not you that dies. But you will die, brother, if you go to it long enough.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Ernest Hemingway"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/no-catalogue-of-horrors-ever-kept-men-from-war-before-the-war-you/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35c/ernest-hemingway-83_brother_no-catalogue-of-horrors-ever-kept-men-fr_2809307.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35c/ernest-hemingway-83_brother_no-catalogue-of-horrors-ever-kept-men-fr_2809307.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35c/ernest-hemingway-83_brother_no-catalogue-of-horrors-ever-kept-men-fr_2809307.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“No catalogue of horrors ever kept men from war. Before the war you always think that it's not you that dies…” — Ernest Hemingway",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kept-men/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kept-men/",
            "name": "Kept Men Quotes",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kept-men/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d43/john-f-kennedy-246_arms_arms-alone-are-not-enough-to-keep-the-pe_208268.jpg"
            },
            "description": "Browse 6 Kept Men quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Kept Men sayings and thoughts.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kept-men/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kept-men/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Kept Men Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kept-men/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```