Top 44 Deter Quotes

Iraq’s search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to deter and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam is in power.

No hours, nor amount of labor, nor amount of money would deter me from giving the best that there was in me.

Some people get knocked down and they have a hard time getting back up. But when your mind is right and you have a goal and you’re trying to achieve that goal, nothing can deter you from that.

After the separation of children from families seeking to join the United States was embraced as the official policy of our government, we should ask ourselves what story we will tell. President Trump’s story is one of cruelty – that we may do something unfathomable to deter families from coming to America.

We should not forget that in the ’60s, George Wallace’s motto was ‘segregation forever,’ and that he did nothing to deter bombings and other acts of violence and, by his actions, condoned them.

The sole purpose of nuclear weapons must be to deter their use by others.

It is a warning to all those who may think about becoming involved with a terrorist network, people who are willing to destroy their own lives are hard to deter.

No amount of manifest absurdity… could deter those who wanted to believe from believing.

In public life, differences should not deter us from acknowledging the good work done by others whom we may not agree with.

Really, of all the important mission responsibilities assigned to United States Strategic Command by the president, none is more important than our responsibility to deter a strategic attack on the United States and our allies and partners.

In 2018, my biggest worry is actually about North Korea. I worry a great deal that they may do a destructive attack, perhaps against our financial sector, in an attempt to deter a potential U.S. strike against either their nuclear facilities or even the regime itself.

I wanted to write about Jews in Montana, so I went there by plane and bus, only to discover that there are no Jews in Montana. It didn’t deter me.

Difficulty does not deter me. In fact, I find challenges exciting.

It could be the best defender or the worst defender. I have to have the attitude that I don’t think anyone is going to deter me from getting to the basket. Maybe help defense can come over and affect it, but not the first guy.

Democrats always assure us that deterrence will work, but when the time comes to deter, they’re against it.

While there are many obstacles that deter students from going to college, finances by no means should be the deciding factor.

I loved Stephen so much that nothing could deter me from wanting to marry him.

There will always be people who try to deter you or crush your confidence but don’t let them knock you back. Focus on gaining the support of the people you respect.

As I’ve seen over and over again during my career, the best way to deter individual conduct is the threat of going to jail. That’s what truly changes behavior. That’s what changes the calculus as employees and executives decide whether to participate in an illegal scheme.

Every child is a gift of Allah, and every child in Pakistan, to me, is like my own child, so I will do my best to take the message to every doorstep in Pakistan. Reaching every child, every time with the polio vaccine is not only necessary, but it is our duty. This disease can’t deter us; we will defeat it.

As an American I wanted to explore… why are we the only first world country that still has capital punishment? Is it because we’re too afraid to really examine the system, or is it because we really truly believe that this is the best way to deter future crime?

I realized that you didn’t have to make self-deprecating remarks or turn yourself into the butt of some unspoken joke. I also discovered that being big didn’t deter possible suitors.

If the North Korean Communists provoke another war, we must immediately deter it and give them a decisive counterattack at the initial place of aggression.

The Covid situation in India didn’t deter me because I felt I would be safe within the IPL biosecure bubble.

Many foreign property owners work in the City of London and are encouraged to bring their expertise and earning power to this country because of the favourable capital tax environment. Attacking their property profit may encourage some to leave, but it would certainly deter others from coming in the first place.

I came to understand and observe that we’re all going to face obstacles. We’re going to have challenges. We’re going to fail. We’re going to have success. But all of it is going to ultimately be character-building. And it’s not going to deter us from wanting to achieve, to strive, and be successful.

The river is constantly turning and bending and you never know where it’s going to go and where you’ll wind up. Following the bend in the river and staying on your own path means that you are on the right track. Don’t let anyone deter you from that.

Any legitimate system of criminal justice must first concern itself with justice. If just punishments also deter, rehabilitate, or protect, all the better.

If we can deter the Soviet Union, if we can deter North Korea, why on earth can’t we deter Iran?

If a company has acted badly, people want to punish it – not in order to deter future misconduct, but simply because they’re outraged. And the more outraged they are, the more punishment they want to inflict.

If people ignore the rules already, new regulations are not likely to deter them.

Iran has little capacity to deploy force. Its strategic doctrines are defensive, designed to deter invasion long enough for diplomacy to set it.

Let’s stop pretending we can arrest our way to safety and security. Despite all the fine work that policemen and women do, we have got to find other solutions to deter crime.

Before my mother was a King, she climbed trees and wrestled with boys. And won. Even as a child, Coretta Scott demonstrated that her gender would not deter her success, nor did it detract from her strength.

Plants can’t very well defend themselves by their behavior, so they resort to chemical warfare, and plants are saturated with toxins and irritants to deter creatures like us who want to eat them.

I had an amazing childhood and always loved to sing and dance, but there were moments where I had ups and downs with my health that often tested me as it does many people. I’ve never hidden the fact that my health was sometimes not on my side, but I’ve never let it define me or deter me from my dreams.

Without command of the seas ensured by the Navy, it will become more difficult to project American power where necessary to defeat terrorists, interdict WMDs and illegal arms trading and deter nations, including the new super power China, that might do America and its allies harm.

First of all, it does not deter crime, the death penalty.

America’s a country where you can come, you can be an entrepreneur, you can create great value. I don’t think you ever want to deter that from happening because this is a place where so many great businesses get created and started.

Do not let the word ‘tripe’ deter you. Let its soothing charms win you over, and enjoy it as do those who always have!

Our capacity to retaliate must be, and is, massive in order to deter all forms of aggression.

Taiwan needs to start looking at some asymmetric and anti-access area denial strategies and really fortify itself in a manner that would deter the Chinese from any sort of amphibious invasion or even a gray zone operation against them.

There are no accomplished golf tour operators in Indonesia, so a golf holiday there is a do-it-yourself operation. But don’t let that deter you.

One goal of law – as we learn in law school from the first day of contracts – is to deter bad behavior.