Quotes About Deterrence

If we are honest with ourselves we have to admit that unless we rid ourselves of our nuclear arsenals a holocaust not only might occur but will occur," wrote Jonathan Schell in his influential book The Fate of the Earth, "if not today, then tomorrow; if not this year, then the next.

The promise of mutually assured destruction had a way of calming even the fiercest hearts.

Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear which they have of doing injustice.

It doesn't help to wait until something happens and then prosecute the offenders, especially if it's the idea of the offender to extinguish himself in the commission of the crime.

The Role of Deterrence in the Formulation of Criminal Law Rules: At Its Worst When Doing Its Best, 91 Geo. L J. 949 (2003); Dan M. Kahan, The Secret Ambition of Deterrence, 113 Harv. L. Rev. 413 (1999) ;

What is the mistake the criminal justice system is making? The major mistake, I believe, is the failure to differentiate between restraint and punishment; and to imagine that punishment will prevent, or deter, violence.

The criminal justice and penal systems have been operating on the basis of a huge mistake, namely, the belief that punishment will deter, prevent, or inhibit violence, when in fact it is the most powerful stimulus of violence that we have yet discovered.

My position is if you double vote, we will find you and it will be a heavy hit to the wallet.

if a tiny percentage of the wealth stored in India's temples had been spent on defence or war preparations, invasions would have been deterred or repulsed, and resources saved. Preparation for war is sound economics: this is a thesis offered in the Swami's Gita book.

Every instance of a man's suffering the penalty of the law is an instance of the failure of that penalty in effecting its purpose, which is to deter.

An armed man need not fight.

Peace through superior firepower.

A stronger defense is an investment in peace.

One sword keeps another in the sheath.

The lesson of the Cold War is that against nuclear weapons, only nuclear weapons can hold the peace.

'Peace through Strength' only works if you have and show strength.

When you talk about peace through strength, what you're talking about is the concept of deterrence.

The present basic philosophy is nuclear deterrence.

Fines are preferable to imprisonment and other types of punishment because they are more efficient. With a fine, the punishment to offenders is also revenue to the State.

Mr. President, the only thing that stops a bad guy with a nuke is a good guy with a nuke.

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

It's easier to stop bad things than to pass good things.

As history since Hiroshima shows, the best, perhaps the only, way to curb war is to deter it with such overwhelming force as to turn it from a struggle into suicide.

I'm the only woman who can walk in Central Park at night... and reduce the crime rate.