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Weapon Quotes

Explore reflections on weapons drawn from history, literature, strategy, and craftsmanship. These quotes consider tools of conflict and defense with perspectives that range from cautionary to pragmatic, from poetic to philosophical. Whether you approach the subject through ethics, design, or human experience, the words gathered aim to inform and provoke thoughtful discussion. Encounter voices that weigh responsibility, power, restraint, and necessity, and discover how language frames instruments that shape security, risk, and resolve across cultures and eras.
Small: Machines were, it may be said, the weapon employed by the capitalists to quell the revolt of specialized labor
Karl Marx
"Machines were, it may be said, the weapon employed by the capitalists to quell the revolt of specialized labor"
Karl Marx, Philosopher
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Small: The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrumen
"The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace"
Carlos Santana, Musician
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Small: The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy
Friedrich Nietzsche
"The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
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Small: Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of des
Mahatma Gandhi
"Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man"
Mahatma Gandhi, Leader
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Small: The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another
William James
"The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another"
William James, Philosopher
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Small: Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon
Bertolt Brecht
"Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon"
Bertolt Brecht, Poet
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Small: The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter
Mark Twain
"The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter"
Mark Twain, Author
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Small: Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world
Nelson Mandela
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world"
Nelson Mandela, Statesman
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Small: Information is a negotiators greatest weapon
"Information is a negotiator's greatest weapon"
Victor Kiam, Businessman
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Small: A weapon isnt good or bad, depends on the person who uses it
"A weapon isn't good or bad, depends on the person who uses it"
Jet Li, Actor
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Small: Print is the sharpest and the strongest weapon of our party
Joseph Stalin
"Print is the sharpest and the strongest weapon of our party"
Joseph Stalin, Leader
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Small: Any tool is a weapon if you hold it right
"Any tool is a weapon if you hold it right"
Ani DiFranco, Musician
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Small: The press is our chief ideological weapon
"The press is our chief ideological weapon"
Nikita Khrushchev, Statesman
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Small: The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openn
Niels Bohr
"The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness"
Niels Bohr, Physicist
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Small: The best political weapon is the weapon of terror. Cruelty commands respect. Men may hate us. But, we dont ask
Heinrich Himmler
"The best political weapon is the weapon of terror. Cruelty commands respect. Men may hate us. But, we don't ask for their love; only for their fear"
Heinrich Himmler, Criminal
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Small: The truth is often a terrible weapon of aggression. It is possible to lie, and even to murder, with the truth
"The truth is often a terrible weapon of aggression. It is possible to lie, and even to murder, with the truth"
Alfred Adler, Psychologist
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Small: The guitar was my weapon, my shield to hide behind
"The guitar was my weapon, my shield to hide behind"
Brian May, Musician
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Small: A laugh is a terrible weapon
"A laugh is a terrible weapon"
Kate O'Brien, Novelist
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Small: The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas
"The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas"
Alfred Whitney Griswold, Educator
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Small: It is youth that has discovered love as a weapon
Peter Ustinov
"It is youth that has discovered love as a weapon"
Peter Ustinov, Actor
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Small: Beauty is our weapon against nature by it we make objects, giving them limit, symmetry, proportion. Beauty hal
Camille Paglia
"Beauty is our weapon against nature; by it we make objects, giving them limit, symmetry, proportion. Beauty halts and freezes the melting flux of nature"
Camille Paglia, Author
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Small: The most potent weapon of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed
Steven Biko
"The most potent weapon of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed"
Steven Biko, Activist
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Small: Temptation is a womans weapon and mans excuse
H. L. Mencken
"Temptation is a woman's weapon and man's excuse"
H. L. Mencken, Writer
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Small: Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It
Martin Luther King Jr.
"Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals"
Martin Luther King Jr., Minister
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Small: Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly
Michel de Montaigne
"Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly"
Michel de Montaigne, Philosopher
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Small: Prayer is a strong wall and fortress of the church it is a goodly Christian weapon
Martin Luther
"Prayer is a strong wall and fortress of the church; it is a goodly Christian weapon"
Martin Luther, Professor
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Small: Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed
Joseph Stalin
"Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed"
Joseph Stalin, Leader
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Small: The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason
Thomas Paine
"The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason"
Thomas Paine, Writer
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Small: The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our life. But it is to be lamented
Charles Caleb Colton
"The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our life. But it is to be lamented that the most contemptible whisper may deprive us of the one, and the weakest weapon of the other"
Charles Caleb Colton, Writer
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Small: No weapon has ever settled a moral problem. It can impose a solution but it cannot guarantee it to be a just o
Ernest Hemingway
"No weapon has ever settled a moral problem. It can impose a solution but it cannot guarantee it to be a just one"
Ernest Hemingway, Novelist
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Small: The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy
Robert Louis Stevenson
"The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy"
Robert Louis Stevenson, Writer
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Small: Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it
"Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it"
Omar N. Bradley, Soldier
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Small: You know what black hatred women feel toward me as soon as they see me, until I return inside my shell, they u
"You know what black hatred women feel toward me as soon as they see me, until I return inside my shell, they use every possible weapon. As soon as a generous man tries to help me out, a woman is here to hold his arm and prevent him from acting"
Camille Claudel, Sculptor
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Small: Women are not pals enough with men, so we must make ourselves indispensable. After all, we have the greatest w
Maria Callas
"Women are not pals enough with men, so we must make ourselves indispensable. After all, we have the greatest weapon in our hands by just being women"
Maria Callas, Musician
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Small: Humour is the weapon of unarmed people: it helps people who are oppressed to smile at the situation that pains
Simon Wiesenthal
"Humour is the weapon of unarmed people: it helps people who are oppressed to smile at the situation that pains them"
Simon Wiesenthal, Activist
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Small: Fervor is the weapon of choice of the impotent
"Fervor is the weapon of choice of the impotent"
Frantz Fanon, Psychologist
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Small: Just as invasion is the true and tried weapon in the hands of capital against the class struggle, so on the ot
"Just as invasion is the true and tried weapon in the hands of capital against the class struggle, so on the other hand the fearless pursuit of the class struggle has always proven the most effective preventative of foreign invasions"
Karl Liebknecht, Politician
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Small: We have it. The smoking gun. The evidence. The potential weapon of mass destruction we have been looking for a
"We have it. The smoking gun. The evidence. The potential weapon of mass destruction we have been looking for as our pretext of invading Iraq. There's just one problem - it's in North Korea"
Jon Stewart, Entertainer
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Small: Fighting is essentially a masculine idea a womans weapon is her tongue
"Fighting is essentially a masculine idea; a woman's weapon is her tongue"
Hermione Gingold, Actress
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Small: Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against ones own despised and unwanted feelings
"Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against one's own despised and unwanted feelings"
Alice Duer Miller, Poet
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