Arms Quote by Karl Marx

It is not the cause for which men took up arms that makes a victory more just or less, it is the order that…

— Simone Weil

“The most devious and sinister acts of historical violence are always committed by tyrants with armies—not citizens with arms.”

— Seth Daniel Parker

War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

Here, every private person is authorized to arm himself, and on the strength of this authority, I do not deny the inhabitants had a…

— John Adams

It is Mortifying to suppose it possible that a people able and zealous to contend with the Enemy should be reduced to fold their…

— Thomas Jefferson

You cannot have victory without conflict.

— T. D. Jakes

It behooves a prudent person to make trial of everything before arms.

— Jean Racine

...war is just to those for whom it is necessary, and arms are clear of impiety for those who have no hope left but…

— Livy

Our arms must be mighty ... ready for instant action, so that no potential aggressor may be tempted to risk his own destruction

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

One of the ordinary modes, by which tyrants accomplish their purposes without resistance, is, by disarming the people, and making it an offence to…

— Joseph Story

A country should be defended not by arms, but by ethical behavior.

— Vinoba Bhave

Arms in the hands of citizens may be used at individual discretion... in private self-defense.

— John Adams