Saying things about swords and shields doesn't always seem to work out well for Tory politicians:
"If it falls to me to start a fight to cut out the cancer of bent and twisted journalism in our country with the simple sword of truth and the trusty shield of fair play, so be it. I am ready for the fight"
[ - Jonathan Aitken, 11 April 1995, four years before he was convicted of perjury in his High Court action against the Guardian].
;-)