Famous Quotes & Sayings

Michael Specter

Throughout the United States, at the dawn of the Progressive era, dozens of laws and regulations were established to empower police officers, public-health officials, and even the armed forces to vaccinate at will, and, if necessary, at gunpoint.

We started pulling on the line, and this huge gator pops up on the surface. Martin was armed with a .22 magnum pistol. He shot it a few times in the head, but the gator kept submerging and resurfacing. Then the main line snapped and the gator was free-lined. It took about 21/2 hours for us to subdue it.

We are looking in the future to expand it to other branches of the armed forces.

Li Bingbing

Illegal killings of elephants are being linked to organized crime and the funding of armed militia groups. Many consumers in Asia do not realize that by buying ivory, they are playing a role in the illegal wildlife trade and its serious consequences.

Donald Rumsfeld

We're not going to re-implement a draft. There is no need for it at all, ... The disadvantages of using compulsion to bring into the armed forces the men and women needed are notable.

These men were religious when the spirit of religion was buried in forms and ceremonies, and when the priesthood had armed itself with the civil powers to put down all opposition, and suppress all freedom, intellectual, civil, and religious.

Muqtada al Sadr

The main reason for the armed resistance is the American military presence.

We expressed our views that the presence of armed personnel and armaments outside the camps is not necessary and not helpful, ... As for the presence of armed personnel within the camps, this is going to be looked at in order to organize it.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

To our men and women in the armed services, the huge and deep core of your loyalty has earned the nation's accolade.

With the President's order to make public the contents of the report, we hope that this would help end the intrigues intended to malign the President and divide our Armed Forces.

They never go out without an armed person,

They gave us the choice of hiring the guards but what can three young guards with pistols do if one is ambushed by 50 men armed with machine guns. It is illogical.

This conflict could not be sustained by bandit groups of armed men without logistics support,

Thirty-six were released, two are missing and still with this armed group -- the AU team leader and the translator.

Peter Cosgrove

This is a difficult period for all, but in the true spirit of the armed services, they will not be forgotten.

They then displayed what turned out to be a BB-hand gun. They did not take any money and it still isn't certain if this was an attempt at a sick joke or an attempted armed robbery.

They used huge numbers of armed thugs who attacked the election observers and the voters, and the security did nothing to stop them.

This place is full of weapons, full of militias, factions, armed groups, everyone now wants a share of the cake ... and this is something that takes time. This is not something that can be solved quickly.

This paradigm of the war on terror, connecting all kinds of armed resistance around the globe in one huge ideological framework, as a new ideology at a stage in history when most of the major ideologies are gone, does not reflect the facts on the ground.

Barry McCaffrey

This money is aimed at helping those nations' economies, judicial systems, police and armed forces, in hopes of re-establishing the rule of law,

Sergei Ivanov

This means that about 35,000 men of the non-combat personnel will be laid off within the next five years, including some staff members of military chairs and other dual-purpose structures. It is also planned to do away with three hundred high-rank command posts, after which the number of generals and admirals in the Armed Forces will not top 1,100 men, meaning their reduction to the optimal proportion of one per thousand servicemen,

There were lots of elements showing a mix, if I can call it that, between Islamic militants and armed robbers.

Donald Rumsfeld

The Republic of Korea, an impoverished and devastated nation over a half-century ago, now has one of the world's most powerful economies and is an important democracy with a large and increasingly capable armed force,

This is the only courthouse in the state of Florida where judges and court personnel are not escorted by armed bailiffs.

I told them he was armed and dangerous, he didn't care.

Jay Wright

There was a lot of security for our team, and the teams from Great Britain and Israel, ... We had armed security guards and soldiers with machine guns with us at all times. That was a wakeup call.

At least Jacob is prepared and armed and surrounded by guys who are there to protect him. Which a lot more than we are just walking down the street.

War is an attempt of one group to impose its will upon another group by armed violence.

Alan Alda

I come armed with a really good ignorance. I don't strive toward ignorance. I come by it naturally.

We know from research we've conducted that a high percentage of servicemen and women lack basic financial knowledge. We are here to unveil an important new program that will help members of the armed services and their families manage their money, and save and invest it wisely.

Ultimately in a democracy you cannot have both participation in elected office and participation in armed militia. They are simply incompatible.

James Foley

As a practical matter ... we don't believe that the dispatch of armed U.N. peacekeepers before August 30 is possible at this point.

Joshua Malina

'Backwash' is an old-school, slapstick-y romp between three eccentric loser friends who inadvertently rob a bank, armed solely with a salami and a sweat sock, and then find themselves on the run pursued by singing cops. It's kind of a classic piece, a sophisticated piece, if you will.