“The majority falls prey to the delusion–popular in some circles–that ordinary people are too careless and stupid to own guns, and we would be far better off leaving all weapons in the hands of professionals on the government payroll. But the simple truth–born of experience–is that tyranny thrives best where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people.” PeopleNeedsHandsGovernmentWould BeFallBornSimpleStupidWeaponsOrdinaryGunMajorityLeavingCirclesTyrannyThriveDelusionBetter OffWrathOrdinary PeoplePreyCarelessSimple TruthsPayroll Author:Alex Kozinski
“... ages in which the dominant weapon is expensive or difficult to make will tend to be ages of despotism, whereas when the dominant weapon is cheap and simple, the common people have a chance... A complex weapon makes the strong stronger, while a simple weapon -- so long as there is no answer to it -- gives claws to the weak.” PeopleGivingLongAgeStrongDifficultChanceSimpleAnswersCommonWeaponsWeakStrongerComplexesExpensiveDominantDespotismClaws Book:The Collected Essays, Journalism, and Letters of George Orwell: In front of your nose, 1945-1950 Source: The Collected Essays, Journalism, and Letters of George Orwell: In front of your nose, 1945-1950
“Just a simple choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your doors, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love instead see all of us as one. Here's what we can do to change the world, right now, to a better ride. Take all that money we spend on weapons and defenses each year and instead spend it feeding and clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would pay for many times over, not one human being excluded, and we could explore space, together, both inner and outer, forever, in peace.” WorldWantYearsHumansEyeTogetherChoicesCan DoHuman BeingsSimpleSpacePoorPayForeverDoorsRight NowWeaponsGunAnd LoveBiggerDefenseChanging The WorldClothingsLocksFeedingExcludedLosing YourselfLove And FearEyes Of Love Author:Bill Hicks
“When people are talking about cyber weapons, digital weapons, what they really mean is a malicious program that's used for a military purpose. A cyber weapon could be something as simple as an old virus from 1995 that just happens to still be effective if you use it for that purpose.” PeopleIfsMeanStillsUseHappensUsedPurposeSimpleTalkingMilitaryWeaponsProgramDigitalReally MeanVirusesMaliciousCyber Author:Edward Snowden
“So powerful, in fact, is simple string in taming the world to human will and ingenuity that I suspect it to be the unseen weapon that allowed the human race to conquer the earth, that enabled us to move out into every econiche on the globe during the Upper Palaeolithic. We could call it the String Revolution.” WorldHumansFactsEarthMovingSimplePowerfulRaceRevolutionWeaponsInnovationConquerHuman RaceStringsSuspectsGlobesUnseenIngenuityHuman WillTaming Author:E. J. W. Barber
“Our approach is very simple we have nothing to negotiate ... We have the Minsk format and we need immediately just a ceasefire and the withdrawal of heavy artillery and weapons and tanks from the touchline, the solution is very simple - stop supplying weapons ... withdraw the troops and close the border. Very simple peace plan. If you want to discuss something different, it means you are not for peace, you are for war.” IfsWantNeedsMeanDifferentWarPeaceSimplePlansApproachWeaponsSolutionsHeavyBordersTroopsTanksFormatWithdrawalArtilleryCeasefire Author:Petro Poroshenko
“The influence exercised over the human mind by apt analogies is and has always been immense. Whether they translate an established truth into simple language or whether they adventurously aspire to reveal the unknown, they are among the most formidable weapons of the rhetorician.” MindHumansLanguageSimpleInfluenceWeaponsHuman MindImmenseTranslateAspireAnalogiesFormidable Author:Winston Churchill