Defence was an afterthought, prompted by necessity; and its introduction as a State function, though effected doubtless with a view to the strengthening of the State, was really and in principle the initiation of the State's destruction.
Benjamin Tucker

Getting to the top isn't bad, and it's probably best done as an afterthought.
Anne Wilson Schaef

I work with language. I love the flowers of afterthought.
Bernard Malamud

It shouldn't take an emergency for this Administration to deal with the health care needs of our nation's heroes. Funding the VA and our bringing our troops home safely should never be treated as an afterthought.
John Salazar

The technology backbone is no longer an afterthought.
Nick Price

The vice presidential candidate tends to be a bit of an afterthought.
Mary Cheney

This drug coverage program was clearly designed by Republicans in Congress to serve the interests of the drug and insurance industries. America's seniors were an afterthought.
Sherrod Brown

We will not have peace by afterthought.
Norman Cousins