A Quote by W. S. Gilbert

All bayonets are bad. — © W. S. Gilbert
All bayonets are bad.

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The miners lost because they had only the constitution. The other side had bayonets. In the end, bayonets always win.
Men must have somewhat altered the course of nature; for they were not born wolves, yet they have become wolves. God did not give them twenty-four-pounders or bayonets, yet they have made themselves bayonets and guns to destroy each other. In the same category I place not only bankruptcies, but the law which carries off the bankrupts’ effects, so as to defraud their creditors.
Regimes planted by bayonets do not take root.
Light has spread, and even bayonets think.
You can build a throne with bayonets, but it's difficult to sit on it.
Bombs are probably more merciful than bayonets
A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.
You can do everything with bayonets, but you are not able to sit on them
You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them
A lasting order cannot be established by bayonets.
You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.
The onset of bayonets in the hands of the valiant is irresistible.
You can build a throne with bayonets, but you can't sit on it for long.
Well, Governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets.
By push of bayonets, no firing until you see the whites in their eyes!
Not peace at any price! Chains are worse than bayonets.
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