“The world sleeps peaceably in their beds while rough men practice violence on their behalf.”
“People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.”
“We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.”
“Those who abjure violence can only do so by others committing violence on their behalf.”
“We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence upon those who would do us harm.”
“...men can only be highly civilized while other men, inevitably less civilized, are there to guard and feed them.”
“Moreover [pacifists] do not as a rule condemn violence as such, but only violence used in defence of western countries”