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"Radical changes of identity, happening suddenly and in very brief intervals of time, have proved more deadly and destructive of human values than wars fought with hardware weapons."
"The only weapon that we have in our hands this evening is the weapon of protest. That's all."
"We can conceive of a world in which God corrected the results of abuse of free will by His creatures: so that a wooden beam became soft as grass when used as a weapon... But such a world would be one in which wrong actions were impossible, and therefore, freedom of the will would be void."
"We have concerns whenever we see people who have large stockpiles of weapons, or appear to be in the process of accumulating weapons and ammunition."
"Nuclear weapons and TV have simply intensified the consequences of our tendencies, upped the stakes."
"ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon."
"I know that there are things that never have been funny, and never will be. And I know that ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon."
"My weapon is literature"
"The mind is the attribute of man. When man is born, he comes into existence with only one weapon with him--The reasoning mind."
"Women have two weapons - cosmetics and tears"
"I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill."
"On the justification for the war, it wasn't related to finding any particular weapon of mass destruction."
"It dawned upon me that fasting could be made as powerful a weapon of indulgence as of restraint"
"Thinking is one of the most important weapons in dealing with problems"
"Peace is the greatest weapon for development that any person can have."
"Wit is a weapon. Jokes are a masculine way of inflicting superiority. But humor is the pursuit of a gentle grin, usually in solitude."
"Fear's greatest weapon is its ability to blind one to anything. In its presence, we forget there are others to consider, things to save besides ourselves."
"It is courage that vanquishes in war, and not good weapons."
"Weapons that were designed for soldiers in war theaters don’t belong on our streets."
"The United States will do what we must to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon."
