Military Rifle Prone

Famous quotes containing the words military, rifle and/or prone:

    “The military and the clergy cause us much annoyance; the clergy and the military, they empty our wallets and rob our intelligence.”
    —Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)

    “Many times man lives and dies
    Betweeen his two eternities,
    That of race and that of soul,
    And ancient Ireland knew it all.
    Whether man die in his bed
    Or the rifle knocks him dead,”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “We are more prone to generalize the bad than the good. We assume that the bad is more potent and contagious.”
    —Eric Hoffer (1902–1983)