A Quote by Niccolo Machiavelli
All the armed prophets conquered; all the unarmed ones perished.
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Hence it happened that all the armed prophets conquered, all the unarmed perished.
[It., Di qui nacque che tutti li profeti armati vincero, e li disarmati rovinarono.]
Hence it comes about that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.
Hence it comes that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.
An armed republic submits less easily to the rule of one of its citizens than a republic armed by foreign forces. Rome and Sparta were for many centuries well armed and free. The Swiss are well armed and enjoy great freedom. Among other evils caused by being disarmed, it renders you contemptible. It is not reasonable to suppose that one who is armed will obey willingly one who is unarmed; or that any unarmed man will remain safe among armed servants.
There is simply no comparison between a man who is armed and one who is not. It is simply unreasonable to expect that an armed man should obey one who is unarmed, or that an unarmed man should remain safe and secure when his servants are armed.
The power of unarmed nonviolence is any day far superior to that of armed force.
It is remarkable that this people, though unarmed, dares attack an armed foe; the infantry defy the cavalry, and by their activity and courage generally prove victors.
For an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.
An armed man will kill an unarmed man with monotonous regularity.
Rendering oneself unarmed when one had been the best-armed, out of a height of feeling-that is the means to real peace, which must always rest on a peace of mind.
An ignorant person with a bad character is like an unarmed robber, but a learned person with a blog is a robber fully armed
An ignorant person with a bad character is like an unarmed robber, but a learned person with a blog is a robber fully armed.
Only an armed people can be truly free. Only an unarmed people can ever be enslaved.
The laws that forbid the carrying of arms... serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.
Beware of those who would pit the dead prophets against the living prophets, for the living prophets always take precedence.
In a guerrilla war, the line between legitimate and illegitimate killing is blurred. The policies of free-fire zones, in which a soldier is permitted to shoot at any human target, armed or unarmed, further confuse the fighting man's moral senses.
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