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"Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have." »Ronald Reagan
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"We have weapons of mass destruction we have to address here at home. Poverty is a weapon of mass destruction. Homelessness is a weapon of mass destruction. Unemployment is a weapon of mass destruction." »Dennis Kucinich
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"It is a commonplace that the history of civilisation is largely the history of weapons. In particular, the connection between the discovery of gunpowder and the overthrow of feudalism by the bourgeoisie has been pointed out over and over again. And though I have no doubt exceptions can be brought forward, I think the following rule would be found to be generally true that ages in which the dominant weapon is expensive or difficult to make will be ages of despotism, whereas when the dominant weapon is cheap and simple, the common people have a chance. Thus, for example, tanks, battleships and bombing planes are inherently tyrannical weapons, while rifles, muskets, long-bows and hand-grenades are inherently democratic weapons. A complex weapon makes the strong stronger, while a simple weapon --so long as there is no answer to it-- gives claws to the weak." »George Orwell
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"It is suggested that, in domestic violence at least, the presence or absence of a firearm, or of any other type of weapon, is of far less importance to the outcome than the passion generated in the attacker. The man who has lost control will cause serious injuries in many cases, quite irrespective of the weapon he uses and regardless of the certainty of detection and punishment." »Colin Greenwood
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"Valour needs first strength, then a weapon." »J. R. R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
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"Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality." »Jules de Gautier
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"Any tool is a weapon if you hold it right." »Ani DiFranco
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"Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality." »Jules de Gaultier
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"Silence is the ultimate weapon of power." »Charles De Gaulle
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"Poverty is a weapon of mass destruction." »Dennis Kucinich, 2004 speech to Democratic National Convention
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"Kindness is the noblest weapon to conquer with." »American Proverb
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"Fervor is the weapon of choice for the impotent." »Frantz Fanon
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"We have always said that in our war with the Arabs we had a secret weapon-no alternative." »Golda Meir
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"The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter." »Mark Twain
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"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." »Nelson Mandela
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"A weapon is a device for making your enemy change his mind." »Lois McMaster Bujold
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"He had so many irons in the fire that he was never able to forge any single one into a weapon with which to conquer his world." »Curtis Dahl
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"The chief weapon of sea pirates, however, was their capacity to astonish. Nobody else could believe, until it was too late, how heartless and greedy they were." »Kurt Vonnegut, Breakfast of Champions
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"Prayer is a strong wall and fortress of the church it is a goodly Christian weapon." »Martin Luther
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"The mightiest of weapons is truth. And everyone knows you're not permitted to enter a Government building with a weapon." »John Alejandro King, a.k.a. The Covert Comic, www.covertcomic.com
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"If you've got to resist, you're chances of being hurt are less the more lethal your weapon. If that were my wife, would I want her to have a .38 Special in her hand Yeah." »Dr. Arthur Kellerman
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"Propaganda is a soft weapon hold it in your hands too long, and it will move about like a snake, and strike the other way." »Jean Anouilh
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"No arsenal or no weapon in the arsenals of the world is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women." »Ronald Reagan
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"There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a doctrine of it and defend it with every weapon of communal stupidity." »Robertson Davies
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"There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a doctrine of it and defend it with every weapon of communal stupidity." »Robertson Davies
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"The slanderer and the assassin differ only in the weapon they use; with the one it is the dagger, with the other the tongue. The former is worse that the latter, for the last only kills the body, while the other murders the reputation." »Tyron Edwards
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"Learning is like Scanderbeg?s sword, either good or bad according to him who hath it: an excellent weapon, if well used; otherwise, like a sharp razor in the hand of a child." »R Chamberlain
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"It is the contention of this observer that few homicides due to shooting could be avoided merely if a firearm were not immediately present, and that the offender would select some other weapon to achieve the same destructive goal." »Marvin E. Wolfgang
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"Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from the inside. We think that hating is a weapon that attacks the person who harmed us. But hatred is a curved blade. And the harm we do, we do to ourselves." »Mitch Albom, The Five People You Meet in Heaven
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"The truth is often a terrible weapon of aggression. It is possible to lie, and even murder with the truth." »Alfred Adler
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