Frank James Quotes

While I write this letter, I have a pistol in one hand and a sword in the other.

One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.

Before all else, be armed.

There are 160,000 of our men and women in Iraq that wonder whether there is going to be a hand grenade or a missile lobbed into where they are sleeping at night. Those are people who make a real sacrifice.

He is the furthest from danger, who is on his guard even when in safety.

The way to secure peace is to be prepared for war. They that are on their guard, and appear ready to receive their adversaries, are in much less danger of being attacked, than the supine, secure, and negligent.

Be the hunter, not the hunted: Never allow your unit to be caught with its guard down.

We can do without butter, but, despite all our love of peace, not without arms. One cannot shoot with butter, but with guns.

Somalia is very dangerous, and no one knows that better than I.

One is not exposed to danger who, even when in safety is always on their guard.

We continue to be vigilant.

War is the province of danger.

Given Ivan's size and power, we must remain vigilant.

Be Prepared.

No man could know whether war might not at any moment break out.

Weapons are the tools of fear.

Today the Great Powers openly emphasize the League of Nations while behind the scenes they steadily expand their military armaments. We cannot dismiss as the foolish talk of idiots those who predict the outbreak after 1936 of a second world war. We must be prepared …

Arm yourselves, and be ye men of valor, and be in readiness for the conflict; for it is better for us to perish in battle than to look upon the outrage of our nation ...

So long as war exists on earth there will be some danger that even the Nation which most ardently desires peace may be drawn into war.

As head of a military structure I am responsible for the realization of military issues. If you want to have everlasting peace, you must be ready for war. We must be ready to face any provocation.

The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him; not on the chance of his not attacking, but rather on the fact that we have made our position unassailable.

We cannot let our guard down in the face of terror.

I'm not saying everybody has to walk around with a six-shooter, but they have to be prepared. You don't have to be militarized, but you have to be ready.

I like to be with my back against the wall in dangerous situations.

It's a dangerous world, man. You've gotta keep your eyes and ears peeled and be on the alert all the time.