(31 quotes found)
“Laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes...Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.”
Thomas Jefferson
“If the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves.”
Joseph Stalin
“Asking Europe to disarm is like asking a man in Chicago to give up his life insurance.”
Will Rogers
“For among other evils caused by being disarmed, it renders you contemptible; which is one of those disgraceful things which a prince must guard against”
Niccolo Machiavelli
“We would be unilaterally disarming our businesses in the face of stiff competition from Europe, from Canada, and from Japan, who have OPIC type programs to help their businesses access these newly emerging markets.”
Willard Workman
“I came to John Fahey late in the game. I was completely disarmed and undone by it -- I didn't really know what to make of it.”
Stephen Brower
“A technical team from UNSCOM (the U.N. Special Commission disarming Iraq) has gone out to maintain monitoring equipment,”
Caroline Cross
“I say 'I'm sorry.' It usually disarms them.”
Sarah Silverman
“If Saddam Hussein is not prepared to disarm himself voluntarily, ... then we have no option but to do it by force.”
Tony Blair
