Weapons Quotes
2233 quotes by 1357 authors
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The sole precoccupation of this learned society was the destruction of humanity for philanthropic reasons and the perfection of weapons as instruments of civilization.
— Jules Verne
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And what do the Theban hoplites see in this extended rending of the sky, this white-bright glory of Enlil's lightning? The future, but not theirs:…
— Janet Morris
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You know what's the most terrifying thing about admitting that you're in love? You're just naked. You put yourself in harm's way and you lay…
— Mary Doria Russell
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Israel uses sophisticated attack jets and naval vessels to bomb densely-crowded refugee camps, schools, apartment blocks, mosques, and slums to attack a population that has…
— Noam Chomsky
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I believe every woman should have the right to live in a home free of deadly weapons.
— Elizabeth Evatt
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Let us pick up our books and pencils. They are our most powerful weapon.
— Malala Yousafzai
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The terrorists who have succeeded in carrying out spectacular attacks against Western targets in the past have been college-educated, technically proficient men who are capable…
— Peter Bergen
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The notion that somehow or another they'll (Iran) put it in a picnic basket and hand it to some terrorist group is merely an argument…
— Zbigniew Brzezinski
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This country was taken into war based on lies about weapons of mass destruction and Al Qaeda's role with respect to Iraq, which there wasn't…
— Dennis Kucinich
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One of the most important post-9/11 efforts made to counter terrorism and the spread of weapons of mass destruction is President Bush's Proliferation Security Initiative…
— Frank Gaffney
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We ourselves were well conversant with war, murder and everything evil, but all of us throughout the whole wide earth have traded in our weapons…
— Justin Martyr
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Contention, especially violence, is not the way to deal with our problems. Unfortunately, television, videos, movies, and electronic games teach otherwise. Even cartoons and many…
— Harold Anthony Oaks
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The best political weapon is the weapon of terror. Cruelty commands respect. Men may hate us. But, we don't ask for their love; only for…
— Heinrich Himmler
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Terrorism is the best political weapon for nothing drives people harder than a fear of sudden death.
— Adolf Hitler
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The ideal set up by the Party was something huge, terrible, and glittering-a world of steel and concrete, of monstrous machines and terrifying weapons-a nation…
— George Orwell
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If we suffer ourselves to be frightened from our post by mere lying, surely the enemy will use that weapon; for what one so cheap…
— Thomas Jefferson
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Truth is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing to fear from the conflict, unless, by human interposition, disarmed of her natural…
— Thomas Jefferson
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A woman would never make a nuclear bomb. They would never make a weapon that kills, no, no. They'd make a weapon that makes you…
— Robin Williams
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In any case, the bayonet isn't as important as it used to be. It's more usual now to go into the attack with hand-grenades and…
— Erich Maria Remarque
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If we are to achieve a world free from nuclear weapons, we need the involvement of young people. Youth have energy, enthusiasm and many good…
— Marc Kielburger
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