Best 713 quotes in «weapons quotes» category

The press is our chief ideological weapon.

The printing press is the greatest weapon in the armoury of the modern commander.

The products built in the factories of G.M., Ford and Chrysler are some of the greatest weapons of mass destruction responsible for global warming and the melting of our polar icecaps.

The programmer's primary weapon in the never-ending battle against slow system is to change the intramodular structure. Our first response should be to reorganize the modules' data structures.

The prophetic word was never meant to be a trophy. It was meant to be a weapon.

The rapid dissemination of technology and information offers entirely new ways of production, but it can also bring the spectre of more states developing weapons of mass destruction.

The rationality of the ruled is always the weapon of the rulers.

There are some weapons that are just so dangerous that society has a right and the obligation even to take those weapons out of circulation.

There are some weapons you can't protect yourself against.

The reduction of nuclear arsenals and the removal of the threat of worldwide nuclear destruction is a measure, in my judgment, ofthe power and strength of a great nation.

There is a weapon we can fight with. That is the weapon of political action.

There is no finer sonic-producing weapon for a guitar slayer than a hand crafter Gibson masterpiece.

There is no weapon in the feminine armory to which men are so vulnerable as they are to a smile.

There is no greater weapon than knowledge and no greater source of knowledge than the written word.

There is no reason for a civilian to have an automatic weapon.

There is no reason for anybody to have an assault weapon.

There is only one way to get rid of nuclear weapons... use them.

There's detailed information on how to assemble a nuclear weapon from parts. There's books about how to build a nuclear bomb.

There were no weapons of mass destruction and Saddam Hussein was not involved in the September 11th attack.

There's vulnerability - so I have to make sure the audience is certain that I know what I'm doing. There's vulnerability there because my heart is open, but at the same time I definitely have a lot of "weapons" at my disposal. I have all the language, I have all of the moment - I have all of that to spar with somebody, to take anything on.

There's no question but that a nuclear Iran, a nuclear-capable Iran is unacceptable to America. It presents a threat not only to our friends but ultimately a threat to us to have Iran have nuclear material, nuclear weapons that could be used against us or used to be threatening to us.

There's no weapon that slays its victim so surely (if well aimed) as praise.

There was plenty of evidence that Saddam had nuclear weapons, by the way. That is not in dispute. There is plenty of evidence of that.

The right to buy weapons is the right to be free.

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

The risk of just one terrorist with just one nuclear weapon is a risk we simply cannot afford to take.

The rule is that if they have a weapon and want to take you someplace else, it is so they can kill you slower--Peter

The Second Amendment was designed explicitly to protect weapons that would be useful in a military context.

The strongest of metals is forged under the most violent of conditions, my lord. It is buried deep in the hottest coals and then beat and pounded until it is bent into shaped. Then it becomes the strongest, most lethal of weapons. A thing of absolute beauty and force

The strike, the boycott, the refusal to serve, the ability to paralyze the functioning of a complex social structure-these remain potent weapons against the most fearsome state or corporate power.

The sole precoccupation of this learned society was the destruction of humanity for philanthropic reasons and the perfection of weapons as instruments of civilization.

The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy.

The sword was a very elegant weapon in the days of the samurai. You had honor and chivalry much like the knights, and yet it was a gruesome and horrific weapon.

The theater is a weapon, and it is the people who should wield it.

The thing that keeps me awake at night is a nexus between terrorism and massive destruction...the possibility that a terrorist organization could either acquire a ready-made weapon or fabricate something improvised that would have a catastrophic effect for us.

The two sides of Bernie - that's a quiet weapon that I have.

The whole world knows that His glory has not been spread by force and weapons, but by poor fishermen.

The weapon of the Republic is terror, and virtue is its strength.

The weapons-violence hypothesis is far too simplistic a basis on which to base sound public policy.

The United States will do what we must to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

The US-led forces have the money, weapons and huge numbers, but these things are not going to weaken our will because God is with us.

The way the world underestimates me will be my greatest weapon.

The weapon where the man is sitting in is always superior against the other.

The writers of the French enlightenment had deliberately used blasphemy as a weapon, refusing to accept the power of the Church to set limiting points on thought.

Things said and done innocently should never be used as weapons.

They have involved co-operation between the Iraqi intelligence and al-Qaeda operatives on training and combined operations regarding bomb making and chemical and biological weapons.

Thinking is one of the most important weapons in dealing with problems

This particular type of human carries weapons slightly more lethal than your beloved pink monstrosity

This fight coming is not a battle of weapons, but a battle of wills.

This idea of weapons of mass extermination is utterly horrible and is something which no one with one spark of humanity can tolerate.