That's "If you wish for peace, prepare for war." It's good advice; all else equal, the visibly weak are more often assaulted than the visibly strong. But it ca

That's "If you wish for peace, prepare for war." It's good advice; all else equal, the visibly weak are more often assaulted than the visibly strong. But it can be taken to excess; it's one thing to carry oneself as if one means business, and quite another to go everywhere with one's finger on the trigger of a shotgun with a chambered shell. After a certain point, you make people feel they need to defend themselves from you.