Arms Quote by Noah Webster

Behold a republic standing erect while empires all around are bowed beneath the weight of their own armaments - a republic whose flag is…

— William Jennings Bryan

“If anyone gets intoxicated with his knowledge when he looks beneath him, let him turn his eyes upward toward past ages, and he will…

— Michel de Montaigne

When I was a boy, my grandfather taught me the list of kings: Romulus, Numa Pompilius, Tullus Hostilius, Ancus Marcius, Tarquinius the Elder, Servius…

— Steven Saylor

“Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that in glory and triumph they could become the momentary…

— Carl Sagan

Though fraud in all other actions be odious, yet in matters of war it is laudable and glorious, and he who overcomes his enemies…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

He all their ammunition And feats of war defeats With plain heroic magnitude of mind And celestial vigour armed;

— John Milton

Though triumphs were to generals only due, crowns were reserved to grace the soldiers too.

— Alexander Pope

So long as mankind shall continue to lavish more praise upon its destroyers than upon its benefactors war shall remain the chief pursuit of…

— Edward Gibbon

The admiral, or commander in chief of a squadron, being frequently invested with a great charge, on which the fate of a kingdom may…

— William Falconer

“Majestic though in ruin: sage he stood With Atlantean shoulders fit to bear The weight of mightiest Monarchies his look Drew audience and attention…

— John Milton

“Isn't it possible that this midcentury moment enters the skin more lastingly than the vast shaping strategies of eminent leaders, generals steely in their…

— Don DeLillo

Poseidon’s trident was also all over the place, since Peter the Great wanted to stress Russia’s sea power. I especially like the trident on…

— Rick Riordan