"Violence is the weapon of weak, non-violence that of the strong."
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"No weapon is sharper than will."
"I sometimes think that when the prime minister tries to select a weapon it is the boomerang he finds most effective."
"The best weapons against the infamies of life are courage, wilfulness and patience. Courage strenthens, wilfulness is fun and patience provides tranquility."
"Nonviolence is not a weapon of the weak. It is a weapon of the strongest and bravest."
"When prostitution is a crime, the message conveyed is that women who are sexual are "bad," and therefore legitimate victims of sexual assault. Sex becomes a weapon to be used by men."
"The bible of cooking. The all-time argument ender. Early in my cooking career, I wielded my Larousse like a weapon and it never let me down."
"Adornment, what a science! Beauty, what a weapon! Modesty, what elegance!"
"The best weapon is to sit down and talk."
"As the aeroplane is the most mobile weapon we possess, it is destined to become the dominant offensive arm of the future."
"He is a weapon, a killer. Do not forget it. You can use a spear as a walking stick, but that will not change its nature."
"Culture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle."
"Ideas do not need weapons, to the extent that they can convince the great masses."
"Education is the strongest weapon available for restricting the questions people ask, controlling what they think, and ensuring that they get their thoughts 'from above'."
"It is not just a simple game, it is a weapon of the revolution."
"The greatest weapon we have to combat stress is the ability to choose our thoughts."
"Civilization is in a race between education and catastrophe. Let us learn the truth and spread it as far and wide as our circumstances allow. For the truth is the greatest weapon we have."
"There is no greater weapon than knowledge and no greater source of knowledge than the written word."
"A safe stronghold our God is still. A trusty shield and weapon."
"To me pornography is...spending all your money and not educating the people in America, but spending it instead on weapons."