Words matter. These are the best Deterrent Quotes from famous people such as Robert McNamara, Frank Gaffney, Atishi, Steve Largent, Jed S. Rakoff, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
One cannot fashion a credible deterrent out of an incredible action.
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.
A 24-hour police surveillance system will act as a deterrent for anti-social elements.
I am pro-death penalty, but not an enthusiastic death-penalty person. I think there’s a place for it, that it should serve as a deterrent.
I think it’s common sense to say that the longer away from a crime it gets prosecuted, the less deterrent effect there is.
We are neither prepared to deal with dubious companies nor have the mechanism for swift investigation. What’s more we don’t even have a culture, which imposes stringent, debilitating and deterrent punishment on wrong doers.
I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that’s how I operate my life.
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.
The beauty of the horror genre is that you can smuggle in these harder stories, and the genre comes with certain demands, but mostly you need to find the catharsis in whatever story you’re telling. What may be seen as a deterrent for audiences in one genre suddenly becomes a virtue in another genre.
I’m totally against the death penalty – which, if anyone has a right to support, I do – because I do not see it as a deterrent to crime.
If the same punishment is prescribed for two crimes that injure society in different degrees, then men will face no stronger deterrent from committing the greater crime if they find it in their advantage to do so.
We do not wish to have nuclear weapons on New Zealand soil or in our harbors. We do not ask, we do not expect, the United States to come to New Zealand’s assistance with nuclear weapons or to present American nuclear capability as a deterrent to an attacker.
Israel claims it needs nuclear weapons as a deterrent against any threat to its existence. The Arab world in return feels that this is an imbalanced system; there is a sense of humiliation and impotence.
If we have the intent to use the military only when needed, then that also becomes, then, therefore, a credible deterrent.
My biggest deterrent to getting the workout I need is just that my days are so full and so busy.
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.
Overdone lipstick is a deterrent to men. It rubs off easily onto their skin and the edges of their shirts, so it discourages them from kissing, touching, and coming closer to you, which is what they really want to do!
We need law enforcement as the ultimate deterrent to stop irresponsible and rash young people from making mistakes that will harm others and themselves. Put bluntly, we need them to be scared of getting caught and of getting punished.
Scaling back the U.S. fleet of 14 nuclear-armed submarines to eight would maintain a robust deterrent at sea while generating billions in savings and easing pressure on the Navy’s shipbuilding budget.
It’s Russia some people would like to get rid of. They are still afraid of our nuclear deterrent. We have our own foreign policy whether they like it or not.
Weight has never been a deterrent in finding the right role.
People resisted having weapons on airplanes, but I oversaw the federal air marshals. It’s a deterrent. No one sees that weapon, but they are protected on that airplane, and it’s a huge positive impact on safety.
No mainstream politician believes in open borders, but a policy that uses its prolonged treatment of detained people as an ongoing deterrent to others has a deep flaw at its heart.
Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.
We felt it was very likely the fee would be a deterrent for people, and that ‘WoW’ would not sell as quickly as some of our previous games.
We do not wish to have nuclear weapons on New Zealand soil or in our harbors. We do not ask, we do not expect, the United States to come to New Zealand’s assistance with nuclear weapons or to present American nuclear capability as a deterrent to an attacker.
We live in a very uncertain world, and I think that uncertainty of itself generates an environment which we should not make a decision that deprives future generations of the deterrent effect that the nuclear weapons have provided for us and for almost all of my life.
Israel claims it needs nuclear weapons as a deterrent against any threat to its existence. The Arab world in return feels that this is an imbalanced system; there is a sense of humiliation and impotence.
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.
The thing that makes countries want to pursue some kind of nuclear deterrent is precisely the fact that they feel threatened.
A 24-hour police surveillance system will act as a deterrent for anti-social elements.
The death penalty is ineffective as a deterrent, and the appeals process is expensive and cruel to the surviving family members.
When the U.S. claims the right to invade any country unilaterally and then defines a country like Iran or North Korea as ‘evil,’ then it is a rational response for these countries to develop nuclear weapons as the only military deterrent to invasion. We create what we most fear.
The beauty of the horror genre is that you can smuggle in these harder stories, and the genre comes with certain demands, but mostly you need to find the catharsis in whatever story you’re telling. What may be seen as a deterrent for audiences in one genre suddenly becomes a virtue in another genre.
Look, Israel doesn’t intend to introduce nuclear weapons, but if people are afraid that we have them, why not? It’s a deterrent.
A nuclear program has arguably worked as a deterrent for North Korea and other states – would Moammar Gadhafi have been deposed and summarily killed if Libya had had nuclear weapons? Iranians might not think so.
It’s Russia some people would like to get rid of. They are still afraid of our nuclear deterrent. We have our own foreign policy whether they like it or not.
The whole idea of a nuclear system is to have a deterrent where we decide if we’re going to use it.
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.
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.
We live in a very uncertain world, and I think that uncertainty of itself generates an environment which we should not make a decision that deprives future generations of the deterrent effect that the nuclear weapons have provided for us and for almost all of my life.
I am pro-death penalty, but not an enthusiastic death-penalty person. I think there’s a place for it, that it should serve as a deterrent.
Our nuclear weapons are meant purely as a deterrent against nuclear adventure by an adversary.
The major deterrent to war is in a man’s mind.
You know what an effective deterrent to crime is? Jail! And do you know what kind of criminal penalty actually makes people think twice about committing crimes the next time? The kind that actually comes out of some individual’s pocket, not fines that come out of the corporate kitty.
Armed and law-abiding citizens are a greater deterrent to violent crime than 1,000 laws passed by Congress.
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.
Our nuclear weapons are meant purely as a deterrent against nuclear adventure by an adversary.
India, being a sovereign state, has the right to decide what kind of nuclear deterrent New Delhi needs in respect of international security perception.
The thing that makes countries want to pursue some kind of nuclear deterrent is precisely the fact that they feel threatened.
