"War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms." ― Niccolo Machiavelli Topic(s): Hope More From Niccolo Machiavelli "Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times." "It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles." "There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt." More In Hope "They who do not understand that a man may be brought to hope that which of all things is the most grievous to him, have not observed with sufficient closeness the perversity of the human mind."― Anthony Trollope "You know, in my hometown of Hope, Arkansas, the three sacred heroes were Jesus, Elvis, and FDR, not necessarily in that order."― Mike Huckabee "Zhang Yimou tried to use martial arts to talk about Chinese culture, Chinese people. What do they think, what do they want and what do they hope."― Jet Li