"Weapons of war have no place on our streets."
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"Assault weapons ban reintroduced."
"I've used my femininity and my sexuality as a weapon and a tool... but that's just natural."
"This idea of weapons of mass extermination is utterly horrible and is something which no one with one spark of humanity can tolerate."
"We scientists, whose tragic destination has been to help in making the methods of annihilation more gruesome and more effective, must consider it our solemn and transcendent duty to do all in our power in preventing these weapons from being used for the brutal purpose for which they were invented."
"Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons."
"Wit has its place in debate; in controversy it is a legitimate weapon, offensive and defensive."
"My only weapon is my pen, I'm a songwriter."
"lf you ever dare to fight against hatred, then there is but one weapon: Love."
"The neutron warhead is a defensive weapon designed to offset the great superiority that the Soviet Union has on the western front against the NATO nations."
"Without local guides, your enemy employs the land as a weapon against you."
"Hope is a powerful weapon, and (one) no one power on earth can deprive you of."
"Wars are not caused by the buildup of weapons. They are caused when an aggressor believes he can achieve his objectives at an acceptable price."
"Tears aren't a woman's only weapon."
"The [Ronald] Reagan administration picked up the rhetoric of the anti-nuclear movement; they said "Yyeah, you're right." We have to eliminate nuclear weapons."
"China is one of the world's greatest proliferators of weapons of mass destruction to these rogue nations"
"Nuclear weapons are so destructive and ballistic missiles are so swift, that any substantially increased possibility of their use or any sudden change in their deployment may well be regarded as a definite threat to peace."
"The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental."
"Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly."
"Anger is a better weapon than tears; a burr commands more respect than a sensitive plant."