Deterrent Quotes

“Nuclear deterrence will remain a vital aspect of security. or Nuclear deterrence will have a smaller role in future security.Sources are split in their assessment of the importance of nuclear weapons and the validity of traditional nuclear deterrence in the 2001 - 2015 period. On the one hand are those who see nuclear weapons as decreasingly effective tools in deterring war. On the other are those experts who concede that nuclear weapons may have a different role than at the height of the Cold War, but who argue that they remain the ultimate deterrent, with considerable effect on the actions of even rogue states.Many experts who state a moral opposition to nuclear weapons have translated this into forecasts of a globalized world in which nuclear deterrence no longer makes sense. With greater economic interdependence, this argument runs, even the so-called "rogue states" will be reconciled to the international order, renouncing or reducing their overt or covert nuclear arsenals.”

“The great novels are deterrents. A Merck's manual on how not to live.”

“Failure is not the deterrent for the next try. Rather, it is information that empowers the next step.”

“the great is seldom a deterrent to the mediocre”

“Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.”

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

“The serial murderer often seeks the very form of capital punishment that is being held over his head as a deterrent.”

“The death penalty is ineffective as a deterrent, and the appeals process is expensive and cruel to the surviving family members.”

“Have you noticed," said John, "how countries call theirs 'sovereign nuclear deterrents,' but call the other countries' ones 'weapons of mass destruction'?”

“They could take the money from building enough nukes to kill all the Russians in the world and give it to libraries. What good does an independent nuclear deterrent do Britain, compared to the good of libraries?”