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Laws are silent in time of war.

During war, the laws are silent.

Law is always better than war.

There are laws for peace as well as war.

I would consider all of the legislation which I have supported meaningless if I were to sit idly by, silent, during a period which may go down in history as an era when we permitted the curtailment of our liberties.

The Law is but words and paper without the hands of swords of men.

Only when the voice of duty is silent, or when it has already spoken, may we allowably think of the consequences of a particular action.

You come back from war, and you have a certain authority to talk about war.

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

On our watch, the conversation with a would-be suicide bomber will not begin with the words, 'You have the right to remain silent.'