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A Bayonet's contrition is nothing to the dead. -- Emily Dickinson
Few men are killed by the bayonet, many are scared by it. Bayonets should be fixed when the fire fight starts -- George S. Patton
I don't believe in democracy by bayonet. -- Alexander Lebedev
The power which money gives is that of brute force; it is the power of the bludgeon and the bayonet. -- William Cobbett
Peace comes through dealing with people. Peace doesn't come at the end of a bayonet or the end of a gun. -- Chuck Hagel
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
Men, in a word, must necessarily be controlled, either by a power within them, or by a power without them; either by the word of God, or by the strong arm of man; either by the Bible, or by the bayonet. -- Robert Charles Winthrop
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
Where the hell do you put the bayonet? -- Chesty Puller
Then, Sir, we will give them the bayonet! -- Stonewall Jackson
The bullet is a fool, the bayonet is a fine chap. -- Alexander Suvorov
My policy is trust peace and to put aside the bayonet. -- Rutherford B. Hayes
Under divine blessing, we must rely on the bayonet when firearms cannot be furnished -- Stonewall Jackson
The bullet is a mad thing, only the bayonet knows what it is about. -- Alexander Suvorov
A religious act cannot be performed with the aid of the bayonet or the bomb. -- Mahatma Gandhi
The bayonet has always been the weapon of the brave and the chief tool of victory -- Napoleon Bonaparte
Let us thank God that we live in an age when something has influence besides the bayonet. -- Daniel Webster
War toys are scary. They have a rocket launcher with a bayonet attached, in case you miss. -- Milton Berle
I found Elvis on the Internet, I went camping with a young cadet, he showed me his bayonet. -- Mary Chapin Carpenter
It is the cold glitter of the attacker's eye not the point of the questing bayonet that breaks the line. -- George S. Patton
I started to enjoy the regal sport of cockfighting... but I'm still having trouble getting the hang of windmilling the bayonet -- Josh Stern
War: First day in the U.S. Army, the government placed a Bible in my left hand, a bayonet in the other. -- Edward Abbey
Why had his mother gone to the trouble of bringing him into the world if the most exciting moment in his life was having been made lame by a bayonet? -- Félix J. Palma
Why had his mother gone to the trouble of bringing him into the world if the most exciting moment in his life was having been made lame by a bayonet? -- Félix J. Palma
Women have plenty of roles in which they can serve with distinction: some of us even run countries. But generally we are better at wielding the handbag than the bayonet. -- Margaret Thatcher
I dreamed kind Jesus fouled the big-gun gears; and caused a permanent stoppage in all bolts; and buckled with a smile Mausers and Colts; and rusted every bayonet with His tears. -- Wilfred Owen
Non-cooperation is beyond the reach of the bayonet. It has found an abiding place in the Indian heart. Workers like me will go when the hour has struck, but non-cooperation will remain. -- Mahatma Gandhi
My policy is trust, peace, and to put aside the bayonet. I do not think the wise policy is to decide contested elections in the States by the use of the national army. -- Rutherford B. Hayes
Events are only the shells of ideas; and often it is the fluent thought of ages that is crystallized in a moment by the stroke of a pen or the point of a bayonet. -- Edwin Hubbel Chapin

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