#bayonet

The glory of the old Irish nation, which in our hour will grow young and strong again. Should we fail, the country will not be worth more than it is now. The sword of famine is less sparing than the bayonet of the soldier. ↗

— Thomas Francis Meagher

#bayonet #country #fail #famine #glory

But it is neither cannon nor bayonet that will do the worst damage to this city. No, this place will remember the war against our government just as long as there are inhabitants here. ↗

— Knute Nelson

#bayonet #cannon #city #damage #government

The miners lost because they had only the constitution. The other side had bayonets. In the end, bayonets always win. ↗

— Mother Jones

#bayonets #because #constitution #end #had

A lasting order cannot be established by bayonets. ↗

— Ludwig von Mises

#cannot #established #lasting #order

You can build a throne with bayonets, but you can't sit on it for long. ↗

— Boris Yeltsin

#build #long #sit #throne #you

The power which money gives is that of brute force; it is the power of the bludgeon and the bayonet. ↗

— William Cobbett

#bludgeon #brute #brute force #force #gives

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them. ↗

— Thomas Hardy

#bayonets #except #sit #them #you

A man may build himself a throne of bayonets, but he can't sit on it. ↗

— William Ralph Inge

#build #himself #man #may #sit

Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#feared #four #hostile #more #newspapers

A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#found #idea #revolution #which