The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.

Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns; why should we let them have ideas?

Profanity is the weapon of the witless.

The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter.

The interesting thing about staring down a gun barrel is how small the hole is where the bullet comes out, yet what a big difference it would make in your social schedule.

When French surrealist dramatist, Alfred Jarry, was reprimanded by a woman for firing his pistol close to her child, who might have been killed, he calmly replied, 'Madame, I would have given you another.'

Weapons are like money; no one knows the meaning of enough.

A man of courage never needs weapons, but he may need bail.

Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas.