Weapons Quotes · Page 42

Zen and Buddhism have produced martial arts, because of the Buddhist injunction against weapons.

— Frederick Lenz

“You promoted me for my ruthless stubbornness and dog-headed determination, not my tech savvy. Plus, I’m a damn good shot.”

— Katherine McIntyre

She rides as a man, goes unveiled as a man, fights as a man. Let her prove herself worthy as a man,…

— Tamora Pierce

Sometimes in politics one must duel with skunks, but no one should be fool enough to allow skunks to choose the weapons.

— Joseph Cannon

And my piece of advice is...don't flirt with any of the female instructors. They all have access to weapons bigger than yours.

— Simone Elkeles

Iraq made commitments after the Gulf War to completely dismantle all weapons of mass destruction, and unfortunately, Iraq has not lived up…

— Barbara Boxer

We must work toward the elimination of all nuclear weapons, and an end to policies which cause this country to move toward…

— Dennis Kucinich

The rifle and handgun are 'equalizers' -- the weapons of a democracy. Tanks and bombers represent dictatorship.

— Edward Abbey

“Despite how utterly massive they might be, it is never the size of the arsenal nor the strength of the warrior. Rather,…

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

I do not want our children and grandchildren to live in a world where everyday they fear some regional strongman with weapons…

— George Voinovich

We recognize and respect the right of either country to build a physical barrier or wall on any of its borders to…

— Donald Trump

Arming domestic police forces with paramilitary weaponry will ensure their systematic use even in the absence of a terrorist attack on US…

— Glenn Greenwald

Nobody wants to intervene in Russian affairs. Russia is a very large country, a very old country, a very disagreeable country inhabited…

— Winston Churchill

My guess is that nuclear weapons will be used sometime in the next hundred years, but that their use is much more…

— Herman Kahn

I'm sick of over-trained heroes. I'm really bored with that. Guys that are just ripped to shreds and full of skills. That's…

— Bruce Campbell

Iraq has stockpiled biological and chemical weapons, and is rebuilding the facilities used to make more of those weapons...We have sources that…

— George W. Bush

I saw what I had been fighting for: It was for me, a scared child, who had run away a long time…

— Amy Tan

I remember talking to, 40 years ago, one of the leading people in the government who was involved in arms control, pressing…

— Noam Chomsky

Without question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime ... He presents a…

— John F. Kerry

I have asked James Shabazz, I've asked other people who are members of the OAAU, Herman Ferguson and others, what led to…

— Manning Marable

It is so inspiring to see a new group coming together not to focus on a particular war or weapons system, but…

— Medea Benjamin

Our assaults on the ecosystem are so powerful, so numerous, so finely interconnected, that although the damage they do is clear, it…

— Barry Commoner

I told [a big investor in The New Yorker] - I was complaining the way writers complain.I said'[Bill Shawn] pays very well,…

— Nat Hentoff

I, who had been in favour of nuclear energy for generating electricity ... I suddenly realised that anybody who has a nuclear…

— Mark Oliphant

Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch…

— Red Auerbach

We know he's been absolutely devoted to trying to acquire nuclear weapons, and we believe he has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons.

— Dick Cheney

The handgun would not be my choice of weapon if I knew I was going to a fight. ...I'd choose a rifle,…

— Clint Smith

Terrorism is the best political weapon for nothing drives people harder than a fear of sudden death.

— Adolf Hitler

Bombs take hours or days to reach every corner of the earth. Words arrive instantly and kill more people. They are a…

— Haim Harari

On this battlefield man has no better weapon than his intelligence, no other force but his heart.

— Jose Rizal

China is one of the world's greatest proliferators of weapons of mass destruction to these rogue nations

— Fred Thompson

“Do you wonder why they don’t let us bring the weapons to our room?” “I know right? Cute pink Beretta won’t hurt…

— Rea Lidde

I will confine myself to reaffirming the Israel will not be the first country to introduce nuclear weapons to the region.

— Shimon Peres

I have absolutely no doubt at all that we will find evidence of weapons of mass destruction programmes.

— Tony Blair

The [Ronald] Reagan administration picked up the rhetoric of the anti-nuclear movement; they said "Yyeah, you're right." We have to eliminate nuclear…

— Noam Chomsky

Never, never tell jokes about a man with easy access to weapons of mass destruction.

— Peter Chernin

suicide can be used as a very cruel weapon, you know. It can be the ultimate revenge, leaving a scar that a…

— Patricia Moyes

The ideal weapons system is built in 435 congressional districts and it doesn't matter whether it works or not.

— Alain Enthoven

Responsibility equals accountability equals ownership. And a sense of ownership is the most powerful weapon a team or organization can have.

— Pat Summitt

“...the freedom to bear arms may be righteously rejected to encourage the preservation of all corporeal forms of life.”

— Kevin Alan Lee