Democrats always assure us that deterrence will work, but when the time comes to deter, they're against it. Ann Coulter
No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once a specific crime has appeared for the first time, its reappearance is more likely than its initial emergence could ever have been. Hannah Arendt
Deterrence itself is not a preeminent value; the primary values are safety and morality. Herman Kahn
When you have a regime that would be happier in the afterlife than in this life, this is not a regime that is subject to classic theories of deterrence. John Bolton
The only peace that can be made with a dictator is once that must be based on deterrence. For today, the dictator may be your friend, but tomorrow he will need you as an enemy. Natan Sharansky
Deterrence Translations
deterrence in Dutch is verjaging, afschrikking
deterrence in French is dissuasion
deterrence in German is Abschreckung {f}
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