"Painting isn't made for the decoration of apartments; it is a weapon to be used offensively and defensively against the enemy."
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"When women stops blushing, she has lost the most powerful weapon of charm."
"And humor has always been a weapon. You want to get even on somebody? You want to attack somebody? Make fun of them."
"The paradox is now fully established that the utmost abstractions are the true weapons with which to control our thought of concrete fact."
"Hysteria is a natural phenomenon, the common denominator of the female nature. It's the female weapon and the test of a man is his ability to cope with it."
"We have needed to define ourselves by reclaiming the words that define us. They have used language as weapons. When we open ourselves to what they say and how they say it, our narrow prejudices evaporate and we are nourished and armed."
"I have no secret methods. I know no diplomacy save that of truth. I have no weapon but non-violence."
"Education is the best weapon through which we can fight poverty, ignorance and terrorism."
"The weapon of criticism can never replace the criticism of weapons."
"Education has become a very powerful weapon in the struggle to produce a well-developed person."
"We were once told that the aeroplane had "abolished frontiers"; actually it is only since the aeroplane became a serious weapon that frontiers have become definitely impassable."
"We eagerly get hold of a law that serves as a weapon to our passions."
"Unfortunately, nuclear weapons have become identified with state power."
"When I was crossing into Gaza, I was asked at the checkpost whether I was carrying any weapons. I replied: Oh yes, my prayer books."
"Logic is an excellent weapon when employed correctly."
"I don't believe you! Flowers are weak creatures. They are naive. They reassure themselves as best they can. They believe that their thorns are terrible weapons."
"Their rage supplies them with weapons."
"The only weapon we have is comedy."
"No weapon formed against me shall prosper"
"A gun is a liar's weapon"