Best 713 quotes in «weapons quotes» category

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

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

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 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 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 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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

This is about unenforceable registration of weapons that violates the rights of people to own firearms.

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

This was not an attack by a mentally deranged, lone-wolf gunman. This was not an 'un-Islamic' attack by a bunch of thugs - the perpetrators could be heard shouting that they were avenging the Prophet Muhammad. Nor was it spontaneous. It was planned to inflict maximum damage, during a staff meeting, with automatic weapons and a getaway plan. It was designed to sow terror, and in that it has worked.

This new power, which has proved itself to be such a terrifying weapon of destruction, is harnessed for the first time for the common good of our community.

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

To me pornography is...spending all your money and not educating the people in America, but spending it instead on weapons.

Today, India is a nuclear weapons state.

Truth is a powerful weapon ... We must be careful how we use it." (Quote by Spottedleaf, page 5)

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 weapons, free argument and debate; errors ceasing to be dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them.

Truth was a tool. It should never simply be said. No, it had to be bent, twisted, colored, until it became a weapon.

U.S. officials never expected that 'we were going to open garages and find' weapons of mass destruction.

Using the passive voice is always very helpful. Mind you, a lot of that propaganda English emanates from here. The British establishment has always used the passive voice. It's been a weapon of discourse so those who committed terrible acts in the old empire could not be identified.

Using your car as a weapon and impenetrable armor.

War traumatizes soldier and civilian alike; warfare is a profit-making racket; warfare resolves nothing that negotiations can't resolve better; the weapons we have now make non-violence the only option to planetary annihilation.

Wars are not caused by the buildup of weapons. They are caused when an aggressor believes he can achieve his objectives at an acceptable price.

Wars should be fought with words, not bombs, not weapons. And calm words. I think that wars should be fought over a chessboard and a cup of something to drink.

Weapons are ominous tools. They are abhorred by all creatures. Anyone who follows the Way shuns them.

Weapons, when they break and are mended, can be stronger at the mended places. Perhaps hearts are the same.

Threats alone, are the weapons of the threatened man.

Weapons are created to be used. There's no place for the weak on this earth.

Weapons of mass destruction are always in the wrong hands.

Weapons that were designed for soldiers in war theaters don’t belong on our streets.

We are asked now seriously to accept that in the last few years-contrary to all history, contrary to all intelligence-Saddam decided unilaterally to destroy those weapons. I say that such a claim is palpably absurd.

We are against any WMD, any weapons of mass destruction, whether chemical or nuclear.

We are not called upon to enter into controversy with those who hold false theories. Controversy is unprofitable. Christ never entered into it. 'It is written' is the weapon used by the world's Redeemer. Let us keep close to the Word. Let us allow the Lord Jesus and His messengers to testify. We know that their testimony is true.

We are in the grip of a scientific materialism, caught in a vicious cycle where our security today seems to depend on regimentation and weapons which will ruin us tomorrow.

We are born into this world unarmed - our mind is our only weapon.

We do know that the Iraqi regime has chemical and biological weapons. His regime has amassed large, clandestine stockpiles of chemical weapons - including VX, sarin, cyclosarin and mustard gas.  His regime has amassed large, clandestine stockpiles of biological weapons—including anthrax and botulism toxin, and possibly smallpox.

We are very fortunate to have someone else's weapons stationed on our soil, to fight those targeted on us.

We do know, with absolute certainty, that Saddam Hussein is using his procurement system to acquire the equipment he needs in order to enrich uranium to build a nuclear weapon.

We assess that there is no significant threat to the UK from nuclear weapons at present, but developments continue to be monitored closely. We remain committed to limiting the proliferation of nuclear weapons through our international treaty obligations, and national programmes.