Robert A. Heinlein on Peace
Browse 2 quotations attributed to Robert A. Heinlein, catalogued under peace, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Robert A. Heinlein, entry #144796: "It was so darn quiet you could hear your hair grow."
Attributed to Robert A. Heinlein, entry #161870: "Criminals are never materially handicapped by such rules; the only effect is to disarm the peaceful citizen and put him fully at the mercy of the lawless. Such rules look very pre…"
2 Quotes by Robert A. Heinlein on Peace
"It was so darn quiet you could hear your hair grow."
"Criminals are never materially handicapped by such rules; the only effect is to disarm the peaceful citizen and put him fully at the mercy of the lawless. Such rules look very pretty on paper; in practice they are as foolish and footless as the attempt of the mice to bell the cat. Such is my thesis, that the licensing of weapons is subversive of liberty and self-defeating in its pious purpose."