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Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. -- Oprah Winfrey
The major deterrent to war is in a man's mind. -- Arleigh Burke
One cannot fashion a credible deterrent out of an incredible action. -- Robert McNamara
Our nuclear weapons are meant purely as a deterrent against nuclear adventure by an adversary. -- Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Armed and law-abiding citizens are a greater deterrent to violent crime than 1,000 laws passed by Congress. -- Rick Perry
My biggest deterrent to getting the workout I need is just that my days are so full and so busy. -- Christie Brinkley
The whole idea of a nuclear system is to have a deterrent where we decide if we're going to use it. -- Peter T. King
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I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life. -- Oprah Winfrey
Look, Israel doesn't intend to introduce nuclear weapons, but if people are afraid that we have them, why not? It's a deterrent. -- Shimon Peres
I think it's common sense to say that the longer away from a crime it gets prosecuted, the less deterrent effect there is. -- Jed S. Rakoff
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. -- Steve Largent
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. -- Frank Gaffney
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. -- David Davis
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. -- Vladimir Putin
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. -- Robert Taft
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. -- Warren E. Burger
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. -- Mike Quigley
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. -- Mohamed ElBaradei
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. -- Richard Engel
If you prosecute a CEO or other senior executive and send him or her to jail for committing a crime, the deterrent effect in my view vastly outweighs even the best compliance program you can put in place. -- Jed S. Rakoff
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. -- Frank Gaffney
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! -- Helen Fisher
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. -- David Lange
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. -- Matt Taibbi
Why should Iran have a deterrent strategy? Well, it's surrounded by hostile enemies. Both of its borders have been under occupation by a hostile superpower, the United States, which is constantly violating the U.N. charter by leaving open what they call the saying, 'all options are open' - meaning the threat of war. -- Noam Chomsky
Even an inaccurate missile is quite a deterrent. -- Caspar Weinberger
the great is seldom a deterrent to the mediocre -- Elizabeth Hardwick
The major deterrent to war is in a mans mind. -- Arleigh Burke
Liberals have always opposed the concept of an independent nuclear deterrent. -- David Steel
The will to disbelieve is the strongest deterrent to wider horizons. -- Hans Holzer
If North Korea doesn't have a deterrent, they will be wiped out. -- Noam Chomsky
Clouds are no deterrent. Clouds intensify the drama, trap and shape the light. -- Don DeLillo
The greatest deterrent to giving is the illusion that this earth is our home. -- Randy Alcorn
A brick could be used as a deodorant deterrent. Just ask any stinky Congressman. -- Jarod Kintz
I believe that the death penalty is the ultimate deterrent to violent crime...period. -- Troy King
Sometimes the greatest deterrent to a great marriage is believing you have a perfect marriage. -- Francis Schaeffer
Our judgement is that the presence of the Royal Marines garrison is sufficient deterrent against any possible aggression. -- Margaret Thatcher
Information is a beacon, a cudgel, an olive branch, a deterrent--all depending on who wields it and how. -- Steven Levitt
The Federal Budget can and should be made an instrument of prosperity and stability, not a deterrent to recovery. -- John F. Kennedy
We don't know if capital punishment is a deterrent, but we know that men we execute will not murder again. -- Mario Puzo
I do want to be very clear: I see our nuclear deterrent as absolutely core insurance for our national security. -- Andrea Leadsom
The death penalty would be even more effective, as a deterrent, if we executed a few innocent people more often. -- Edward Abbey
The thing that makes countries want to pursue some kind of nuclear deterrent is precisely the fact that they feel threatened. -- Stephen Walt
If world is suspicious that Israel may detonate nuclear bomb and if the suspicion is a deterrent - that's good enough. -- Shimon Peres
Today the greatest single deterrent to knowledge of Jesus is His familiarity. Because we think we know Him, we pass Him by. -- Winifred Kirkland
Christ's work is a kind of deterrent to us, and a way of upholding the justice of God's divine government of the world. -- Oliver D. Crisp
First off, do everything they can to give their kids the opportunities to play sports; asthma is not a deterrent to playing sports. -- Dominique Wilkins
It is not the real punishment. The only effectual one, the only deterrent and softening one, lies in the recognition of sin by conscience. -- Fyodor Dostoevsky
Notice, we never pray for folks we gossip about, and we never gossip about the folk for whom we pray! For prayer is a great deterrent. -- Leonard Ravenhill
When men no longer fear God, they transgress His laws without hesitation. The fear of consequences is no deterrent when the fear of God is gone. -- Aiden Wilson Tozer
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. -- Michael Wilbon
But, if recent history has taught us anything, it's that self-regulation doesn't work in finance, and that worries about reputation are a weak deterrent to corporate malfeasance. -- James Surowiecki
All forces are a deterrent to and would be employed in a general war. Most of our forces could be employed in a limited war, if required -- Thomas S. Gates, Jr.
Is America ready for a black president? Well, I say we just had a retarded one. When did being black become a bigger deterrent than being retarded? -- Chris Rock
I support the death penalty because I believe, if administered swiftly and justly, capital punishment is a deterrent against future violence and will save other innocent lives. -- George W. Bush
I came into politics because of a real childhood concern about the Cold War. So to me the importance of the nuclear deterrent is actually really ingrained in me. -- Andrea Leadsom
Only insofar as you enjoy being sorry, my dear, which, while it is a considerable amount, occurs only after the fact, thus making it a singularly ineffective deterrent, yes? -- Jacqueline Carey
Is it advisable to spread out all the conveniences of culture before people to whom a few steps up a stair to a library is a sufficient deterrent from reading? -- Ayn Rand
Airpower has become predominant, both as a deterrent to war, and-in the eventuality of war-as the devastating force to destroy an enemy's potential and fatally undermine his will to wage war. -- Omar N. Bradley
Family prayer is the greatest deterrent to sin, and hence the most beneficent provider of joy and happiness. The old saying is yet true: 'The family that prays together stays together.' -- Thomas S. Monson
I have inquired for most of my adult life about studies that might show that the death penalty is a deterrent. And I have not seen any research that would substantiate that point. -- Janet Reno
The death penalty is no more effective a deterrent than life imprisonment... It is also evident that the burden of capital punishment falls upon the poor, the ignorant and the underprivileged members of society. -- Thurgood Marshall

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