“Men! When you cannot win an argument, you either run away or resort to force.”

“There are only two means by which men can deal with one another: guns or logic. Force or persuasion. Those who know that they cannot win by means of logic, have always resorted to guns.”

Ayn Rand book Philosophy: Who Needs It

“If you think that your belief is based upon reason, you will support it by argument, rather than by persecution, and will abandon it if the argument goes against you. But if your belief is based on faith, you will realize that argument is useless, and will therefore resort to force either in the form of persecution or by stunting and distorting the minds of the young in what is called "education". This last is particularly dastardly, since it takes advantage of the defencelessness of immature minds. Unfortunately it is practiced in greater or less degree in the schools of every civilised country.”

Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) logician, one of the first analytic philosophers and political activist

“You see, essentially, you cannot win the war on terror by military force. It is first and foremost a battle of ideas. It is secondly a law enforcement effort and a cooperative effort among nations. And only as a last resort do you use military force. This president has distorted the capabilities of the United States Armed Forces. He's used our men and women in uniform improperly in Guantanamo and engaged in actions that I think are totally against the Uniform Code of Military Justice and against what we stand for as the American people.”

Wesley Clark (1944) American general and former Democratic Party presidential candidate

“If you run away from a thing just because you don't like it, you don't like what you find either.”

John Wyndham book The Chrysalids

“You can't win an argument. You can't because if you lose it, you lose it; and if you win it, you lose it.”

Dale Carnegie How to Win Friends and Influence People

“Either you run the day, or the day runs you.”

Jim Rohn (1930–2009) American motivational speaker

“You cannot win in a fight against women, cause men have a need to make sense”

Chris Rock (1965) American comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer, and director

“Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled that force must be called in to win back our love? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir. These are the implements of war and subjugation; the last arguments to which kings resort.”

Patrick Henry (1736–1799) attorney, planter, politician and Founding Father of the United States

“Since you cannot live without desires, therefore it is impossible to run away from realisations too.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author