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title: "12 Unarmed Man Quotes by 10 authors"
description: "Browse 12 Unarmed Man quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Unarmed Man sayings and thoughts."
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> [I refuse to engage in an intellectual battle with an unarmed man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/i-refuse-to-engage-in-an-intellectual-battle-with-an-unarmed-man/)

[Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/)

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> [An armed man will kill an unarmed man with monotonous regularity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-smith/an-armed-man-will-kill-an-unarmed-man-with-monotonous-regularity/)

[Clint Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-smith/)

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> [A man was the cause of it. An unarmed man with a weapon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-o-hara/a-man-was-the-cause-of-it-an-unarmed-man-with-a-weapon/)

[Frank O'Hara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-o-hara/)

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> [For an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/for-an-unarmed-man-may-be-attacked-with-greater-confidence-than-an/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [The unarmed man is not just defenseless - he is also contemptible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/the-unarmed-man-is-not-just-defenseless-he-is-also-contemptible/)

[Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

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> [I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-refuse-to-have-a-battle-of-wits-with-an-unarmed-man/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

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> [A man was the cause of it all. An unarmed man with a weapon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-o-hara/a-man-was-the-cause-of-it-all-an-unarmed-man-with-a-weapon/)

[Frank O'Hara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-o-hara/)

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> [I can't see how an unarmed man rejecting a drug deal ended up dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-sharpton/i-can-t-see-how-an-unarmed-man-rejecting-a-drug-deal-ended-up-dead/)

[Al Sharpton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-sharpton/)

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> [The laws that forbid the carrying of arms... serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesare-beccaria/the-laws-that-forbid-the-carrying-of-arms-serve-rather-to-encourage/)

[Cesare Beccaria](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesare-beccaria/)

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> [There is simply no comparison between a man who is armed and one who is not. It is simply unreasonable to expect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/there-is-simply-no-comparison-between-a-man-who-is-armed-and-one-who/)

[Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

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> [An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-cooper/an-unarmed-man-can-only-flee-from-evil-and-evil-is-not-overcome-by/)

[Jeff Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-cooper/)

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> [Never engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/never-engage-in-a-battle-of-wits-with-an-unarmed-man/)

[Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/)

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