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Laws are silent in time of war.

In time of war the laws are silent.

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.

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

There are laws for peace as well as war.

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

Law is always better than war.

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

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

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.