Weapons Of Mass Destruction Quotes - Page 8

• In our view, derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction carrying dangers that, while latent, are potentially lethal.

  Warren Buffett

  Business, Mass Destruction, Views

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• With each newly minted crisis, US leaders roll out the same time-tested scenario. They start demonizing a foreign leader ... charging them with being communistic or otherwise dictatorial, dangerously aggressive, power hungry, genocidal, given to terrorism or drug trafficking, ready to deny us access to vital resources, harboring weapons of mass destruction, or just inexplicably "anti-American" and "anti-West." Lacking any information to the contrary, the frightened public ... are swept along.

  Michael Parenti

  Mass Destruction, Leader, Drug

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• Any country on the face of the Earth with an active intelligence program knows that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  Country, War, Mass Destruction

  "15 Years of Mass Destruction in Iraq". "The Real News Network" with Sharmini Peries, therealnews.com. March 20, 2018.

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• On the justification for the war, it wasn't related to finding any particular weapon of mass destruction. In our judgment, it was much more fundamental. It was the removing of a regime that was hostile, that clearly had the intention of constructing weapons systems. ... I think, frankly, that everybody knew the post-war situation was probably going to be more difficult than the war itself. Canada remains alienated from its allies, shut out of the reconstruction process to some degree, unable to influence events. There is no upside to the position Canada took.

  Stephen Harper

  War, Thinking, Mass Destruction

  "Maclean's" Magazine, August, 25, 2003.

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• Number one, that it is smart to communicate and negotiate with your enemy instead of just waging war with bombs and weapons of mass destruction.

  Theodore C. Sorensen

  War, Smart, Mass Destruction

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• North Korea is making several demands in exchange for giving up their nuclear program, including a promise from America not to attack them. Which is a little strange because for us to attack them we would have to have slam dunk proof that they have weapons of mass destruction. I mean, for Gods sakes people, we're not maniacs. It would have to be an air-tight case. We wouldn't just come in there and start bombing you.

  Jon Stewart

  Giving Up, Mean, Mass Destruction

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• The greatest weapon of mass destruction is corporate economic globalization.

  Kenny Ausubel

  Mass Destruction, Economic Globalization, Weapons

  "The 11th Hour". Documentary, www.imdb.com. 2007.

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• Joblessness is a weapon of mass destruction. Poverty is a weapon of mass destruction. Hunger is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor health care is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor education is a weapon of mass destruction. Discrimination is a weapon of mass destruction. Let us abolish such weapons of mass destruction here at home.

  Dennis Kucinich

  Work, Home, Poor Education

  "A Prayer for America". Book by Dennis Kucinich, 2003.

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• The United States was the one nullifying any attempt in the Security Council of the United Nations to sanction those fascist governments, really segregationist and racist. The same thing it is doing for Israel is what it used to do for South Africa who ended up having seven nuclear weapons. Why didn't they act against them like they did against Iraq for the so called weapons of mass destruction during Bush that never existed in the first place?

  Alejandro Castro Espin

  Government, Mass Destruction, Israel

  "The Future of Cuba". Interview with Lasonas Pipinis Velasco, www.counterpunch.org. February 27, 2015.

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• We must abandon the unworkable notion that it is morally reprehensible for some countries to pursue weapons of mass destruction, yet morally acceptable for others to rely on them for security - and indeed to continue to refine their capacities and postulate plans for their use

  Mohamed ElBaradei

  Country, Mass Destruction, Use

  Mohamed ElBaradei (2011). “The Age of Deception: Nuclear Diplomacy in Treacherous Times”, p.172, Macmillan

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• There were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. But he still says so. There was no link between Saddam Hussein and al Qaida. But he still says so. And thus, gripping firmly these figments of his own imagination, Mr. Cheney lives on, in defiance, and spreads - around him and before him - darkness, like some contagion of fear. They are never wrong, and they never regret - admirable in a French torch singer, cataclysmic in an American leader.

  Keith Olbermann

  Regret, Iraq, Mass Destruction

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• Oscar nominations came out today. Up for best actor, Sean Penn for 'Mystic River,' Jude Law for 'Cold Mountain,' and of course, George W. Bush for 'Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction.'

  Jay Leno

  Mass Destruction, Law, Rivers

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• The number of nuclear bombs on the planet today - the sheer quantity of weapons of mass destruction in the possession of people and governments throughout the world - along with the fact that the use of brute force and militarism is an almost knee-jerk way of problem-solving on the planet today, makes the eradication of war the great moral issue of this generation.

  Marianne Williamson

  War, Numbers, Issues

  Source: rayhemachandra.com

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• Well, the next attack in the United States will be larger than 9/11. And there's no doubt that if they have a weapon of mass destruction, they'll use it.

  Michael Scheuer

  Mass Destruction, Doubt, United States

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• The United States found dozens of billions of dollars for military action in Iraq, so it should certainly be able to find a few billions of dollars to get rid of weapons of mass destruction. I'll assume that since the most powerful nation - the United States - has promised to pay for much of this, then its word will be kept. If it isn't, I don't think we can have a true partnership.

  Mikhail Gorbachev

  Powerful, Military, Thinking

  Interview with Amitabh Pal, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. November 12, 2003.

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• I want to remember what bullshit looks like when weapons of mass destruction are diagrammed out and whacko "intelligence" is delivered in an ominous way to strike fear into people and especially to pull on the idealism and zeal of the young.

  Louise Erdrich

  Mass Destruction, Bullshit, People

  "Louise Erdrich’s War Of The Roses". Interview with Jeff Vasishta, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 9, 2016.

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• Lies are weapons of mass destruction.

  Dennis Kucinich

  Lying, Mass Destruction, Weapons

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• Iran rejects weapons of mass destruction based on its belief system, its religious belief system, as well as its ethical standpoint.

  Hassan Rouhani

  Religious, Mass Destruction, Iran

  "Amanpour" with Christiane Amanpour, amanpour.blogs.cnn.com. September 25, 2013.

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• The biggest threat facing America is terrorists with weapons of mass destruction.

  George W. Bush

  Mass Destruction, America, Weapons

  George W. Bush at the second Presidential Debate in St. Louis, Missouri, www.cbsnews.com. October 8, 2004.

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• In the long run, the greatest weapon of mass destruction is stupidity.

  Thomas Sowell

  Running, Mass Destruction, Long

  Thomas Sowell (2013). “Ever Wonder Why?: and Other Controversial Essays”, p.272, Hoover Press

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• Well, I think the most realistic ways to keep them [Saddam Hussien & Slobadon Milisevic] isolated in the world of public opinion and to work with our alliance is to keep them isolated. I'm just as frustrated as many Americans are that Saddam Hussein still lives. I think we ought to keep the pressure on him. I will tell you this: If we catch him developing weapons of mass destruction in any way, shape or form, I'll deal with that in a way that he won't like.

  George W. Bush

  Thinking, Mass Destruction, Frustrated

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• We know there are no weapons of mass destruction. But there are weapons of misdirection. Millions without health insurance, poverty abounds. For war, billions more, but no more for the poor.

  Joseph Lowery

  War, Mass Destruction, Weapons

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• We've got nearly 50 million people in America with no health insurance. That's a weapon of mass destruction.

  Joseph Lowery

  Mass Destruction, America, People

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• I think that both parties should declare the debt limit as a political weapon of mass destruction which can't be used. I mean, it is silly to have a country that has 237 years building up its reputation and then have people threaten to tear it down because they're not getting some other matter.

  Warren Buffett

  Country, Silly, Party

  "Warren Buffett opens his wallet for Piers Morgan and America" by Lateef Mungin, www.cnn.com. October 23, 2013.

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• World peace is threatened not only by weapons of mass destruction but also by conventional weapons which have led to countless violations of human rights, including the rights to life and to physical integrity. A strong treaty can contribute greatly to international and regional peace, security and stability.

  Alfred-Maurice de Zayas

  Strong, Integrity, Violation Of Human Rights

  "Countries Must Regulate Arms Trade to Prevent Human Rights Violations – UN Expert". news.un.org. July 27, 2012.

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