Man kommer lenger med vennlige ord og en ladd revolver enn bare med vennlige ord.
Gjengitt i Survey of Humor, Variety (29.07.1953).
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You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.
I have a simple philosophy which is poignant. Shoot a point, point blank, unsubtle, simple, poignant. My philosophy is you can get more with a kind word and a gun than with just a kind word.