Deterrent Quotes

Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.
Oprah Winfrey

Best, Racism, Excellence

I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life.
Oprah Winfrey

Life, Best, Racism

Armed and law-abiding citizens are a greater deterrent to violent crime than 1,000 laws passed by Congress.
Rick Perry

Congress, Crime, Greater

Our nuclear weapons are meant purely as a deterrent against nuclear adventure by an adversary.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Against, Adventure, Nuclear

Look, Israel doesn't intend to introduce nuclear weapons, but if people are afraid that we have them, why not? It's a deterrent.
Shimon Peres

Why, Afraid, Israel

If somebody plans to carry out a series of murders... then this is obviously an evil and pre-meditated attack and in that case, there could be a deterrent effect.
David Davis

Evil, Somebody, Carry

The whole idea of a nuclear system is to have a deterrent where we decide if we're going to use it.
Peter King

Whole, Idea, System

Most Americans will be horrified that President Obama is compromising our deterrent to chemical and biological attacks on this country. Our allies will also be troubled by his aspiration to eliminate U.S. tactical nuclear weapons in Europe.
Frank Gaffney

Country, President, Europe

Having worked for him in the nuclear weapons policy business, I can tell you that President Reagan was committed to assuring the effectiveness of our nuclear deterrent.
Frank Gaffney

Business, Him, Tell

The only method by which people can be supported is out of the effort of those who are earning their own way. We must not create a deterrent to hard work.
Robert A. Taft

Work, Hard, Effort

A far greater factor than abolishing poverty is the deterrent effect of swift and certain consequences: swift arrest, prompt trial, certain penalty and - at some point - finality of judgment.
Warren E. Burger

Poverty, Far, Point

One cannot fashion a credible deterrent out of an incredible action.
Robert McNamara

Fashion, Cannot, Action

What we've seen this season is that if something that will enhance performance is available, some players will indulge... unless the penalty is an absolute deterrent.
Michael Wilbon

Seen, Unless, Players

The thing that makes countries want to pursue some kind of nuclear deterrent is precisely the fact that they feel threatened.
Stephen M. Walt

Fact, Makes, Countries

The major deterrent to war is in a man's mind.
Arleigh Burke

War, Mind, Major

All forces are a deterrent to and would be employed in a general war. Most of our forces could be employed in a limited war, if required.
Thomas S. Gates, Jr.

War, General, Forces

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