“Most of the harm in the world is done by good people, and not by accident, lapse, or omission. It is the result of their deliberate actions, long persevered in, which they hold to be motivated by high ideals toward virtuous ends.”— Isabel Paterson
“Like a sword, a word can wound or kill, but as long as it doesn’t touch the body, it’s not an actual weapon.”— Ikkyu Sojun
“The slanderer and the assassin differ only in the weapon they use; with the one it is the dagger, with the other the tongue.”— Hannah Cowley