Umar Quotes

I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.

Only the gentle are ever really strong.

We are taught that revenge is strong and compassion is weak. We are taught that power is more important than love.

There will be no justice as long as man will stand with a knife or with a gun and destroy those who are weaker than he is.

Think not that humility is weakness; it shall supply the marrow of strength to thy bones. Stoop and conquer; bow thyself and become invincible.

I would not kill my enemies, but I will make them get down on their knees. I will, I can, I must.

Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression, because power, real power, comes from our conviction which produces action, uncompromising action.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.

Desperation, weakness, vulnerability - these things will always be exploited. You need to protect the weak, ring-fence them, with something far stronger than empathy.

Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.

It is from weakness that people reach for dictators and concentrated government power. Only the strong can be free. And only the productive can be strong.

When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.

Between the people and their enemies there can be nothing in common but the sword; we must govern by iron those who cannot be governed by justice; we must oppress the tyrant...

Where there is no might right loses itself.

It is right that what is just should be obeyed; it is necessary that what is strongest should be obeyed. Justice without might is helpless; might without justice is tyrannical.

When you are about to badger the weak, Then imagine yourself before a more powerful man.

Don't allow tyrants and aggressors to get away with it.

Guerillas are cruel to the weak and cowardly in the face of the brave.

Those who have no sense of right, reason or religion, have a natural propensity to make use of their strength to the destruction of such as are weaker than they.

Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression

Strength, strength for us. What we need is strength, who will give us strength? There are thousands to weaken us, and of stories we have had enough.

When human statecraft attaches a chain to the feet of a free man, whom it makes a slave in contempt of nature and citizenship, eternal justice rivets the other end about the tyrant's neck.

When we have but the will to do it, that very moment will Justice be done: that very instant the tyrants of the Earth shall bite the dust.

Nor did I need anyone's pity, but I would accept it with grace, because I have been well trained. Rudeness was a sign of weakness. Grace stemmed from power, the powere to accept anything and move on.

I killed you once", the Lord Ruler said, turning back to Kelsier. "You tried", Kelsier replied, his voice loud and firm, carrying across the square. "But you can't kill me, Lord Tyrant. I represent that thing you've never been able to kill no matter how hard you try. I am hope.