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 do so only because others are committing violence on their behalf.

....men can only be highly civilized while other men, inevitably less civilized, are there to guard and feed them. Essay on Kipling.

Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness.

Is there anywhere else to sleep tonight... Anywhere?' I pleaded.
There's Mei's office, but you'll have to sleep on the floor I'm afraid.' Mei was one of the Ward 9D dietitians.
'I'll sleep on the floor any day. I'm used to it back in the Islands,' I laughed tiredly.
I settled down on the floor. The three rugs I had brought to cushion my back worked surprisingly well. It was almost more comfortable than the thin mats on the cold concrete floors of the fales in Samoa. The idea of sleeping in someone's office was the best idea I had had all year. I decided that I would keep this secret to myself.