Robert A. Heinlein Quotes

Read about some squirrelly guy who claims that he just don't believe in fighting, and I wonder how long the rest of us can count on being free.

Everything is to protect you. I exist in case you need to be protected.

With the Berlin I was able to set up a fortress that he could come near but not breach.

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.

We make war that we may live in peace.

Never unsheathe the sword except in self defense.

We cannot measure our safety in terms of miles on a map any more.

We stand for law and order, so we will not allow the scourge of violence to infect our communities.

Defense is my main priority, and offense is going to come second.

I defend my goal as if it were my home. I do my best to defend it and not to allow anyone to score goals or penetrate that. It's true.

Defense comes with defensive concepts.

We are for peace, but we accept the challenge of the enemy. We will protect our motherland.

A safe stronghold our God is still. A trusty shield and weapon.

I’ve got your back. Nothing alive will ever hurt you if I have breath in me. And nothing dead will hurt you if I don’t.” (Kisten)

Some must be warriors, that others may live in peace.

There is no shadow of protection to be had by sheltering behind the slender stockades of visionary speculation, or by hiding behind the wagon-wheels of pacific theories.

Home is the first refuge from - and last defense against - the disappointments and the terrors of life.

As long as there are men the bulwark is safe.

In time of war, if you go through a bad neighborhood, I don't want a little French poodle, I want a Rottweiler on my hands.

Pacifism simply is not a matter of calm looking on; it is work, hard work.

We demand a non-violent world where human security is the basis of our common global security. People have the right to live in a world where the basic needs of all peoples are addressed. No more military attacks. No more war.

My pacifism is not based on any intellectual theory but on a deep antipathy to every form of cruelty and hatred.

Concentrate on defense because the offense will come.

I thought you needed to be tougher. But I've been thinking that protecting somebody by hurting them before someone else gets the chance isn't the kind of protecting that anybody wants.