Deterrence Quotes

“The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.”

“Crimes are more effectually prevented by the certainty than the severity of punishment.”

“The proliferation of nuclear weapons, far from making the world more dangerous, has probably made it safer.”

“I would like to assure the world that I will not be the first to use nuclear weapons. But if Pakistan's security is threatened, I will not hesitate to use nuclear weapons.”

“Deterrence is the art of producing in the mind of the enemy... the fear to attack.”

“We're in the business of deterring war, and if we can't deter it, we're in the business of winning it.”

“For a punishment to be just it should consist of only such gradations of intensity as suffice to deter men from committing crimes.”

“The more immediately after the commission of a crime a punishment is inflicted the more just and useful it will be.”

“A strong defense is the best deterrent to war.”

“Israel must be like a mad dog, too dangerous to bother.”

“It is not in our hands to prevent the murder of workers or families, but it is in our hands to fix a high price for their blood.”

“Our lawsuits are meant to have a chilling effect on hate groups.”

“We are for peace. But we are not afraid of war.”

“The best way to keep the peace is to be prepared for war.”

“We have for the first time in our history a defense strategy which is really working, in that it has succeeded in deterring general war.”

“There must be no doubt in the mind of any potential aggressor that our power to retaliate is so great that he would be destroyed.”

“Nuclear weapons are not for use. They are for deterrence. They must not be used.”

“We have a capability that is an effective deterrent. We can defend ourselves.”

“The best way to insure against the U.S. again being forced to take up arms is for this country to be so strong that no nation, or group of nations, would dare to attack us.”

“If you kill enough of them, they stop fighting.”