Arms Quote by J. G. A. Pocock

The bearing of arms is the essential medium through which the individual asserts both his social power and his participation in politics as a…

— J. G. A. Pocock

The arms are fair, When the intent of bearing them is just.

— William Shakespeare

Those entrusted with arms... should be persons of some substance and stake in the country.

— William Windham

Arms is a profession that, if its principles are adhered to for success, requires an officer do what he fears may be wrong, and…

— Stonewall Jackson

“It is a natural right which the people have reserved to themselves, confirmed by the Bill of Rights, to keep arms for their own…

— Stephen P. Halbrook

[The] noblest of [Arabs] united the love of arms with the profession of merchandise.

— Edward Gibbon

Not by force of arms are civilizations held together, but by subtle threads of moral and intellectual principle.

— Russell Kirk

Let the force of arms give place to law and justice.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

A mighty power and stronger Man from his throne has hurled,For the hand that rocks the cradle Is the hand that rules the world.

— William Ross Wallace

If the constitutional right to keep and bear arms is to mean anything, it must, as a general matter, permit a person to possess,…

— David Prosser Jr

Machiavelli says that if as a ruler you accept that your every action must pass moral scrutiny, you will without fail be defeated by…

— J. M. Coetzee

As civil rulers, not having their duty to the people duly before them, may attempt to tyrannize,... The people are confirmed by the next…

— Tench Coxe