Emptive Quotes

15 quotes by 15 authors

To defeat evil, we may have to traffic in evils: indefinite detention of suspects, coercive interrogations, targeted assassinations, even pre-emptive war. — Michael Ignatieff
With the same firmness with which I say that Iran represents a danger I tell Israel that you cannot and must not think of launching… — Gianfranco Fini
Have a policy of pre-emptive forgiveness. Refuse to get offended by petty things. Make a decision early on to cut the other person some slack… — Gaelen Foley
And our security will require all Americans to be forward-looking and resolute, to be ready for pre-emptive action. — George W. Bush
With Albright at the helm of the State Department, Osama bin Laden ran wild throughout the Middle East, the North Koreans began feverishly building nukes… — Ann Coulter
When you look at where the Democratic field is going relative to foreign policy, they are increasingly moving away from a policy of pre-emptive self-defense… — Ed Gillespie
We need a regime change in this country.... If we launch a pre-emptive strike on Iraq we lose all moral authority. — Jesse Jackson
In time it will become clear to everyone that support for the policies of pre-emptive war and interventionist nation-building will have much greater significance than… — Ron Paul
The president led us into the Iraq war on the basis of unproven assertions without evidence; he embraced a radical doctrine of pre-emptive war unprecedented… — Nancy Pelosi
Al Qaeda operates by launching surprise attacks on civilian targets with the goal of massive casualties. Our only means for preventing future attacks, which could… — John Yoo
Pre-emptive war might fall within the framework of international law. — Noam Chomsky
I think it is wrong that we went against The U.N. and that we have alienated our allies and invaded a country that hasn't threatened… — Rosanne Cash
What people are seeing in Ferguson, MO is a community being pre-emptive instead of reactive! We all want the family to have peace and justice.… — Merle Rutledge Jr
The president is being denounced for not taking the kind of pre-emptive action in Afghanistan that he has been so passionately denounced for taking in… — Ferdinand Mount
Maybe... there is a perfectly reasonable explanation for unlawfully detaining 120 people. Maybe they just got carried away with last year's idea of pre-emptive strikes… — Mark Thomas

Who Wrote These Emptive Quotes

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