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Nuclear weapons are infinitely less important in our foreign policy than they were in the days of the Cold War. I don't think we need nuclear weapons any longer.

Within minutes of the attack, your Department of Public Safety mobilized its Operations Center, headed by a national expert on weapons of mass destruction.

A weapon isn't good or bad, depends on the person who uses it.

Every adult in the world has some sense that he or she might be obliterated at any time by these weapons that we have created.

There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a doctrine of it and defend it with every weapon of communal stupidity.

Since 1998, the Administration has begun to upgrade counterintelligence and security at U.S. weapons labs.

Don't compete with me: firstly, I have more experience, and secondly, I have chosen the weapons.

Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.

On the issues that I care deeply about - the environment, Roe vs. Wade, the war in Iraq, with no weapons of mass destruction, the tax cuts that are now leading to deficits, I've got some deep issues with the president.

We need to have a national security that puts steel in front of our enemies. I would send weapons to Ukraine. I would work with NATO to put forces on the eastern border of Poland and the Baltic nations, and I would reinstate, put in place back in the missile defense system that we had in Poland and in the Czech Republic.

One of the first rules of science is if somebody delivers a secret weapon to you, you better use it

In any event, the problem in Iran is much bigger than weapons. The problem is the terrorist regime that seeks the weapons. The regime must go.

I've used my femininity and my sexuality as a weapon and a tool... but that's just natural.

The objective of nuclear-weapons policy should not be solely to decrease the number of weapons in the world, but to make the world safer - which is not necessarily the same thing.

I do not question the power of our weapons and the efficiency of our logistics; I cannot say these things delight me as the y seem to delight some of our officials, but they are certainly impressive.

If the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves.

There's no doubt that Iran funds and supplies Hamas with weapons.

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.

We cannot fight new wars with old weapons.

Some day, somebody is going to have to start talking about what happens to us all a decade from now if we let these North Koreans and the Iranians go forward with their nuclear weapons program.

It doesn't matter if gun violence is down. We need to get guns and bullets and automatic weapons off the streets.

There's detailed information on how to assemble a nuclear weapon from parts. There's books about how to build a nuclear bomb.

Reasonable regulations regarding the ownership of weapons are appropriate

And humor has always been a weapon. You want to get even on somebody? You want to attack somebody? Make fun of them.

In many cases, Obama's exercise of authoritarian power is criminal. His executive branch is responsible for violations of the Arms Export Control Act in shipping weapons to Syria, the Espionage Act in Libya, and IRS law with regard to the targeting of conservative groups.

Nuclear weapons offer us nothing but a balance of terror, and a balance of terror is still terror.

I would go to war with words, not weapons. I would die talking before I lifted a weapon.

I'm not going to fight in the physical with physical weapons, because it's not a physical fight. I'm going to fight with spiritual weapons, cause it's a spiritual fight.

Women don't go to war to kill other women. Wars and armies and nuclear weapons are essentially heterosexual hobbies.

Because it flew without a pilot, the D-21 was designed to fly over territory where the U.S. was denied access and to take photographs of weapons facilities from altitudes as low as 1,500 feet. But the project was canceled on July 30, 1966, after a fatal accident at sea during the drone's first official launch.

The Afghans did not have sophisticated weapons like the Soviets did, but with their faith they defeated a superpower.

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

Nuclear weapons and TV have simply intensified the consequences of our tendencies, upped the stakes.

Iran has the technology to produce the highly enriched uranium, which is not automatically meaning nuclear weapon.

Our only weapons in this war of your lifetime are the weapons of the mind.

I have no problem with responsible gun owners who own weapons for self-protection, hunting, or just sport. The ones who believe they have a constitutional right to 100-round magazines to fight off I don't know what - a zombie apocalypse? - try to shut down dialogue with threats and other macho posing because of their flawed beliefs.

Any tool is a weapon if you hold it right.

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

In the sex war, thoughtlessness is the weapon of the male, vindictiveness of the female.

Many years ago, large packs of wolves roamed the countryside in Ukraine, making travel in that part of the world very dangerous. These wolf packs were fearless. They were not intimidated by people nor by any of the weapons available at that time. The only thing that seemed to frighten them was fire.

The weapons were conceived and created by a small band of physicists and chemists; they remain a cataclysmic threat to the whole of human society and the natural environment.

We Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs; we have no place to go.

The fact is that America's weapons systems have made it impossible for anybody to confront it militarily. So, all you have is your wits and your cunning, and your ability to fight in the way the Iraqis are fighting.

Well, comedy is a great weapon of attack. It's not a great weapon of support.

The atomic weapons race and the secrecy surrounding it crushed American democracy. It induced us to conduct government according to lies. It distorted justice. It undermined American morality.

I wonder if those people shown protesting the deployment of nuclear weapons to western Europe during the Reagan era are feeling appropriately stupid today. 'Please don't take away our precious Soviet Union! - We demand the annihilation of all life on Earth!'

I love Poseidon. His trident - his weapon - is really cool.

At one time in the history of the Americas, weapons and armies were associated with liberty and independence, and with new opportunities for our peoples. At one time in the history of the Americas, there were liberating armies.

The greatest threat facing humanity is a radical Islamist regime meeting up with nuclear weapons.

It is youth that has discovered love as a weapon.

On the justification for the war, it wasn't related to finding any particular weapon of mass destruction.

My aggression out there is my weapon. I think it's more letting them know that I'm not going to let them get away with something, and I'm not just going to kind of poke it back and be content to stay in rallies.

We have evidence that Iran makes a reactor to possess nuclear weapons.

At the height of Iraq's clandestine nuclear weapons program, which nearly succeeded in building a bomb in 1991, Tuwaitha incorporated research reactors, uranium mining and enrichment facilities, chemical engineering plants and an explosives fabrication center to build the device that detonates a nuclear core.

Never had he found himself so close to those terrible weapons of feminine artillery.

We need to understand that an open society and free speech and press... really are the best weapons against al Qaeda and extremism.

There is no finer sonic-producing weapon for a guitar slayer than a hand crafter Gibson masterpiece.

I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.

A woman would never make a nuclear bomb. They would never make a weapon that kills, no, no. They'd make a weapon that makes you feel bad for a while.

We continue to have nuclear weapons relied on as a weapon of choice. If that policy were to continue, we continue to have countries who are in a security bind, if you like, or perceive themselves to be in security bind to look for acquisition of nuclear weapons.

Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly.

India can live without nuclear weapons. That's our dream, and it should be the dream of the U.S. also.

Chemical weapons simply have no place in the 21st century. Progress in this vital area will help generate momentum to meet our goal of eliminating all weapons of mass destruction.

No one was more shocked or angry than I was when we didn't find the weapons. I had a sickening feeling every time I thought about it. I still do.

The gravest risks from al Qaeda combine its affinity for big targets and its announced desire for weapons of mass destruction.

We can't allow the world's worst leaders to blackmail, threaten, hold freedom-loving nations hostage with the world's worst weapons.

Families survive the terrible twos because toddlers aren't strong enough to kill with their hands and aren't capable of using lethal weapons.

We are not called upon to enter into controversy with those who hold false theories. Controversy is unprofitable. Christ never entered into it. 'It is written' is the weapon used by the world's Redeemer. Let us keep close to the Word. Let us allow the Lord Jesus and His messengers to testify. We know that their testimony is true.

Since I couldn't actuate the things that I wanted to do, the only weapon I had was to say no.

I feel relieved that we discovered that Iraq did not have nuclear weapons.

Weapons of mass destruction violate more than individual lives - they cross international borders and jeopardize all people. They also drain resources that could be used instead for medicines, schools and other life-saving supplies. We must come together with even greater determination to prevent a WMD nightmare.

Humor's a weapon if you want to make it one.

I worry about a democracy having nuclear weapons as much as a dictatorship having nuclear weapons.

We must take steps to prevent further nuclear weapons development or modernization.

Nobody wants any country to have nuclear weapons.

The world has placed chemical, biological and nuclear weapons in a separate category because their use constitutes a crime against all humanity.

The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.

We still live in a world where if you have nuclear weapons, you are buying power; you are buying insurance against attack.

Under Saddam Hussein, the nation of Iraq possessed and used chemical weapons against both their own Kurdish population and Iranian military forces.

I think the Iranians are clearly determined to have a nuclear program. And we have to assume that with a nuclear program they have the capability and the will to create a nuclear weapon.

The Iranian acquisition of nuclear weapons would be infinitely more costly than any scenario you can imagine to stop it.

Nuclear proliferation is on the rise. Equipment, material and training were once largely inaccessible. Today, however, there is a sophisticated worldwide network that can deliver systems for producing material usable in weapons.

I started dealing with weapons on the first show I ever did, 'The Inside,' but I didn't really do any physical stuff until 'Alias.'

We must eliminate all nuclear weapons in order to eliminate the grave risk they pose to our world. This will require persistent efforts by all countries and peoples. A nuclear war would affect everyone, and all have a stake in preventing this nightmare.

What we once used as weapons of war, we now use as weapons against fish.

The writers of the French enlightenment had deliberately used blasphemy as a weapon, refusing to accept the power of the Church to set limiting points on thought.

Saddam Hussein is a homicidal dictator who is addicted to weapons of mass destruction.

It would be, in fact, very ominous if Iraq were to be able to get weapon-usable material, hydro-plutonium or highly enriched uranium from abroad.

The two sides of Bernie - that's a quiet weapon that I have.

The majority of Americans, the ones who never elected George W. Bush, are not fooled by his weapons of mass distraction.

It is far more important to be able to hit the target than it is to haggle over who makes a weapon or who pulls a trigger.

As long as some of us choose to rely on nuclear weapons, we continue to risk that these same weapons will become increasingly attractive to others.

The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy.

I believe that the topic of chemical weapons is critically important for international peace and security, and I take note of the ongoing debate over what course of action should be taken by the international community. All those actions should be taken within the framework of the U.N. Charter, as a matter of principle.

People understand that nuclear weapons cannot be used without indiscriminate effects on civilian populations. Such weapons have no legitimate place in our world. Their elimination is both morally right and a practical necessity in protecting humanity.

We have a legal and moral obligation to rid our world of nuclear tests and nuclear weapons. When we put an end to nuclear tests, we get closer to eliminating all nuclear weapons. A world free of nuclear weapons will be safer and more prosperous.

Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons.

The possibility that terrorist groups could obtain weapons of mass destruction should not be dismissed as a fiction. This is a horrific threat the international community should take seriously. As long as these weapons exist, so, too, does the risk of their use - by accident or design.

The catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons require that it be treated as a top priority. Disarmament will work better than any alternative in reducing the risk of use.

Temptation is a woman's weapon and man's excuse.