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Weapons Quotes - Page 18

New developments in weapon systems during the 1950s and early 1960s created a situation that was most dangerous, and even conducive to accidental war.

Herman Kahn, Paul Dragoș Aligică, Kenneth R. Weinstein (2009). “The Essential Herman Kahn: In Defense of Thinking”, p.36, Lexington Books

Tears aren't a woman's only weapon.

"Fictional character: Cersei Lannister". TV Series "Game of Thrones" ("Blackwater", 2012), www.imdb.com. (2011– ).

The weapon of the Republic is terror, and virtue is its strength.

"Danton's Death". Play by Georg Buchner, Act I, 1835.

Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroyeth much good.

Doris Lessing (1999). “Ecclesiastes or, The Preacher”, p.32, Canongate Books

If you start getting instability in large powers with nuclear weapons, that's not a good day.

"'Climate Change War' Is Not a Metaphor". Interview with Eric Holthaus, www.slate.com. April 18, 2014.

A boycott is, inherently, a blunt instrument. It is an imperfect weapon, a carpet bomb, when all involved would prefer a surgical strike.

"Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst responds to Arizona promoter’s boycott concerns" by Katie Hasty, uproxx.com. July 2, 2010.