Quote by Niccolò Machiavelli

“...it's unsportsmanlike to engage in a battle of wits with anyone who is obviously unarmed.”

— Lilian Jackson Braun

“I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person.”

— Button

“Fearing our confrontations is one thing... facing them unarmed is a completely different matter.”

— Mark W. Boyer

“We don't run away from people unless we fear them and... we don't fear them unless we know that we are unarmed.”

— Henry James

“It is easier to kill a million armed men than a single unarmed idea.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Unquestioning obedience is hailed as a great virtue only by those leaders whose commands are highly questionable.”

— George Hammond

“Sometimes the Lord wants us to fight, but sometimes he wants us to surrender. Surrender can require a lot more courage than fighting.”

— Sarah Sundin

“To kill someone it's not necessary to have weapons, your words and attitude can do the same job.”

— M.H. Rakib

“Respect must be given voluntarily, no matter if you are an elder or a leader, you cannot take it by force.”

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

“Those who deserve respect are given it freely. If one must demand such a thing, he'll never truly command it.”

— Kerri Maniscalco

“But I’ve always found that the quickest way to make someone relent in his foolish edicts is to take every command literally and to…

— Courtney Milan

“A man who WILLS commands something within himself which renders obedience, or which he believes renders obedience.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche