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• After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it.

  William S. Burroughs

  Gun, People, Second Amendment

  "The War Universe". Grand Street, No. 37, 1991.

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• Hysteria is a natural phenomenon, the common denominator of the female nature. It's the female weapon and the test of a man is his ability to cope with it.

  Tennessee Williams

  Women, Hysteria, Tests

  Tennessee Williams (1976). “Three by Tennessee: Sweet Bird of Youth; the Rose Tattoo; the Night of the Iguana”, Signet Classics

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• Humor can be an incredible, lacerating and effective weapon.

  Carl Hiaasen

  Humor, Incredibles

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• A man can’t have too many guitars or too many shotguns.

  Robert Earl Keen

  Men, Guitar, Shotguns

  "Guitar Whispering". Interview with John Seabrook, www.newyorker.com. November 16, 2009.

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

  Sarah Palin

  Guy, President, Stopping

  "Hardball with Chris Matthews", www.nbcnews.com. April 29, 2014.

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  After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it. I sure as hell wouldn't want to live in a society where the only people allowed guns are the police and the military.

  William S. Burroughs

  Military, Gun, People

  "The War Universe". Grand Street, No. 37, 1991.

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• The nuclear arms race is like two sworn enemies standing waist deep in gasoline, one with three matches, the other with five.

  Carl Sagan

  Two, Race, Enemy

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• My excellent colleagues have forgotten these bitter lessons of history. The prospect of tyranny may not grab the headlines the way vivid stories of gun crime usually do. But few saw the Third Reich coming until it was too late. The Second Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed only for those exceptionally rare circumstances when all other rights have failed. A free people can only afford to make this mistake once.

  Alex Kozinski

  Freedom, Mistake, Failure

  "United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit". openjurist.org. May 6, 2003.

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• Words are weapons, and it is dangerous . . . to borrow them from the arsenal of the enemy.

  George Santayana

  Enemy, Argument, Dangerous

  George Santayana (1937). “The Works of George Santayana: Scepticism and animal faith. Some meanings of the word "is". Literal and symbolic knowledge. The unknowable”

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• In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapon stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program. He has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including al Qaeda members... It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons.

  Hillary Clinton

  Wmd, Mass Destruction, Iraq

  Hillary Clinton's Senate speech, October 10, 2002.

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• If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program.

  William J. Clinton

  Patriotic, Wmd, Mass Destruction

  "Text Of Clinton Statement On Iraq", www.cnn.com. February 17, 1998.

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• Right now, Iraq is expanding and improving facilities that were used for the production of biological weapons.

  George W. Bush

  Mass Destruction, Iraq, Wmd

  Speech to the United Nations General Assembly, delivered 12 September 2002, New York, NY

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• U.S. officials never expected that 'we were going to open garages and find' weapons of mass destruction.

  Condoleezza Rice

  Wmd, Mass Destruction, Iraq

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• The truth is that for reasons that have a lot to do with the U.S. government bureaucracy, we settled on the one issue that everyone could agree on, which was weapons of mass destruction, as the core reason.

  Paul Wolfowitz

  Stupid, Wmd, Government

  "Pentagon challenges Vanity Fair report" by Jamie McIntyre, www.cnn.com. May 30, 2003.

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• He will use those weapons of mass destruction again, as he has ten times since 1983.

  Sandy Berger

  Wmd, Mass Destruction, Iraq

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• We know that Saddam Hussein is determined to keep his weapons of mass destruction, is determined to make more.

  Colin Powell

  Iraq, Wmd, Mass Destruction

  "The Hunt for Weapons of Mass Destruction: Weighing the Evidence and Isabel Allende". billmoyers.com. June 13, 2003.

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• So has the strategic decision been made to disarm Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction by the leadership in Baghdad? I think our judgment has to be clearly not.

  Colin Powell

  Thinking, Iraq, Wmd

  Colin Powell Response to reports from U.N. weapons inspectors to the U.N. Security Council, edition.cnn.com. March 7, 2003.

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• There are people who in large measure have information that we need . . . so that we can track down the weapons of mass destruction in that country.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  Country, Wmds In Iraq, Mass Destruction

  Defense Department Briefing, www.c-span.org. April 25, 2003.

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• Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful.

  Molly Ivins

  Powerful, Satire, Powerless

  The Mouth of Texas", People Weekly, December 9, 1991.

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• So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real.

  John F. Kerry

  Real, Wmd, Mass Destruction

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• We must teach our children to resolve their conflicts with words, not weapons.

  William J. Clinton

  Children, Patriotic, Presidential

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• Truth is a powerful weapon ... We must be careful how we use it." (Quote by Spottedleaf, page 5)

  Erin Hunter

  Powerful, Use, Pages

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• Information is a negotiator's greatest weapon.

  Victor Kiam

  Information, Negotiation

  Victor Kiam (1987). “Going for It: How to Succeed As an Entrepreneur”, Signet

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• The more a country makes military weapons, the more insecure it becomes: if you have weapons, you become a target for attack.

  Albert Einstein

  Country, Military, Insecure

  Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.259, Princeton University Press

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• The single greatest problem the world has is nuclear armament, nuclear weapons, not global warming.

  Donald Trump

  World, Nuclear, Global Warming

  First 2016 Presidential Debate Between Trump, Clinton, www.nbcnews.com. September 27, 2016.

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