"Threats alone, are the weapons of the threatened man."
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"Silence is my weapon, silence is my shield."
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"I am not permitted to let my love be so merciful as to tolerate and endure false doctrine. When faith and doctrine are concerned and endangered, neither love nor patience are in order....when these are concerned, neither toleration nor mercy are in order, but only anger, dispute, and destruction - to be sure, only with the Word of God as our weapon."
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"Iran won't pursue nuclear weapons because 'it's contrary to their faith.'"
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"If 90 percent or 95 percent of those - chemical stockpiles [in Syria] were eliminated, that's a lot of chemical weapons that are not right now in the hands of ISIL or Nusra or, for that matter, the regime."
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"What we can do is make sure that Afghanistan is not a safe haven for Al Qaeda. What we can do it make sure that it is not destabilizing neighboring Pakistan, which has nuclear weapons. The key is we’ve got to have a clear objective..."
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"What is true is [Bashar] Assad got rid of his chemical weapons."
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"Ridicule is about the most powerful weapon possible."
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"It's not a weapon, [governments] don't kill, they don't conduct massacres, although massacres have been committed and many people were killed, but they stifle religion, they're afraid probably."
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"Weapons means killing. Weapons is ah, I'm simply sensitive to the word."
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"One of the most difficult and ironic murder weapons is the life jacket."
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"Hell, right now my only weapons were Obnoxious and Snark, and I intended to use them whenever possible."
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"Weapons of mass destruction are always in the wrong hands."
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"William," the professor said, softly, "what now is your weapon?"...."Truth," he whispered, his voice rasping. He cleared his throat. "Truth is my sword." ...."And what now is your defense?" Colour returned to Billy's face, and his jaw tightened. His voice surged with emotion. "Faith...faith is my shield."
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"Mistakes are made in every other human endeavor. Why should nuclear weapons be exempt?"
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"I mean there is no capital requirements to it or anything of the sort. And basically, I said there were possibly financial weapons of mass destruction, and they had them. They destroyed AIG. They certainly contributed to the destruction of Bear Sterns and Lehman. Although Lehman had other problems, too."
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"Every victory accomplished with weapons is a funeral that should be mourned."
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"The anger in the Brigade against those who fought the Republic in the rear was sharpened by reports of weapons, even tanks, being kept from the front and hidden for treacherous purposes."
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"You shall more command with years than with your weapons."
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"Women's weapons, water-drops."
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