Arms Quote by Stonewall Jackson

The American people rightly look to their military leaders to be not only skilled in the technical aspects of the profession of arms, but…

— J. Lawton Collins

Arms alone can give the world no permanent peace, no confident security. Arms are solely for defense - to protect from violent assault what…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Arms cannot be regarded as merchandise in our world. They should be delivered to the peoples asking for them for use against the common…

— Che Guevara

The laws that forbid the carrying of arms... serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with…

— Cesare Beccaria

Those who have the command of the arms in a country are masters of the state, and have it in their power to make…

— Aristotle

First and foremost arms are tools in the service of rival nations, pointing at the possibility of a future war.

— Alva Myrdal

The laws allow arms to be taken against an armed foe.

— Ovid

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

— John Adams

Arms are instruments of ill omen, not the instruments of the gentleman. When one is compelled to use them, it is best to do…

— Laozi

The danger (where there is any) from armed citizens, is only to the *government*, not to *society*; and as long as they have nothing…

— Joel Barlow

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

— William Windham

As time went on, we learned to arm ourselves in our different ways. Some of us with real guns, some of us with more…

— Colson Whitehead