Bayonet Quotes

31 quotes by 27 authors

The bullet is a mad thing, only the bayonet knows what it is about. — Alexander Suvorov
It is the cold glitter of the attacker's eye not the point of the questing bayonet that breaks the line. — George S. Patton
Where the hell do you put the bayonet? — Chesty Puller
Few men are killed by the bayonet, many are scared by it. Bayonets should be fixed when the fire fight starts — George S. Patton
Why had his mother gone to the trouble of bringing him into the world if the most exciting moment in his life was having been… — FÃ©lix J. Palma
In any case, the bayonet isn't as important as it used to be. It's more usual now to go into the attack with hand-grenades and… — Erich Maria Remarque
Non-cooperation is beyond the reach of the bayonet. It has found an abiding place in the Indian heart. Workers like me will go when the… — Mahatma Gandhi
Voting is merely a labor-saving device for ascertaining on which side force lies and bowing to the inevitable... It is neither more nor less than… — Benjamin Tucker
If our country, when pressed with wrongs at the point of the bayonet, had been governed by its heads instead of its hearts, where should… — Thomas Jefferson
The history of those who shed those other tears, the history of those anonymous millions, is what Terkel wants readers and listeners to come away… — Studs Terkel
War: First day in the U.S. Army, the government placed a Bible in my left hand, a bayonet in the other. — Edward Abbey
Let me tell you what is coming.... Your fathers and husbands, your sons and brothers, will be herded at the point of the bayonet... You… — Sam Houston
Events are only the shells of ideas; and often it is the fluent thought of ages that is crystallized in a moment by the stroke… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Women have plenty of roles in which they can serve with distinction: some of us even run countries. But generally we are better at wielding… — Margaret Thatcher
I dreamed kind Jesus fouled the big-gun gears; and caused a permanent stoppage in all bolts; and buckled with a smile Mausers and Colts; and… — Wilfred Owen
The bullet is a fool, the bayonet is a fine chap. — Alexander Suvorov
The power which money gives is that of brute force; it is the power of the bludgeon and the bayonet. — William Cobbett
My belief has always been... that wherever in this land any individual's constitutional rights are being unjustly denied, it is the obligation of the federal… — Ronald Reagan
Today's political leaders demonstrate their low opinion of the public with every social law they pass. They believe that, if given the right to chose,… — Mark Skousen
There are two powers only which are sufficient to control men, and secure the rights of individuals and a peaceable administration; these are the combined… — Noah Webster

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