Famous Quotes & Sayings

The Black Panther Party armed themselves. They didn't back down from that.

Carlos Rivera

There was an organized plan on the part of the armed forces ... to target these individuals as terrorist suspects solely because of their connection to the university.

I want to make sure if our armed forces are going to play a greater role in the world than previously that we give them the welfare, the numbers and the equipment that they need.

Not only do these few threaten the integrity of our armed forces, we simply cannot protect the American people if those sworn to protect us join and conspire with our enemies.

It's great for our community and for the men and women in our armed services.

The officer, thinking that he was armed with a knife, shot the victim.

Javier Solana

It will mean a better deal for European taxpayers, and for their armed forces. And it is a vital step for ensuring that our defense industries remain globally competitive.

They began to authorize procedures in the armed forces that led to, in my view, what we've seen.

The U.S. Armed Forces are the best trained, best equipped fighting forces in the world.

Richard Boucher

It's long been our position that cooperation between members of the Colombian armed forces and the paramilitary groups is unacceptable, and we welcome this decision by the courts,

It may not be possible to conduct these kinds of highly charged cases in what is a very fragile and unstable environment where there is still armed conflict,

Nancy Gibbs

Adolescence, that swampy zone between safety and power, is best patrolled by adults armed with sense and mercy, not guns and a badge.

At the present moment, federal forces have clashed with certain armed bands. Steps are being taken to eliminate the bandits,

Armed with total-loss data and a better understanding of vehicle histories, both consumers and dealers will be able to steer clear of rebuilt wrecks and stolen vehicles. For too long, fraudulent resellers have relied upon a confusing 51-state titling regime to market rebuilt or stolen vehicles with clean titles.

Armed with the weaker U.S. dollar, commodity prices heading north, and a strengthening economy, rising inflation pressure is still likely to emerge as a concern for the Fed. But not yet. Not yet.

Chris Murphy

Armed with the right information, humans can design, fabricate, and implant artificial lenses on any animal,

Armed robbery and hijacking have endangered humanitarian workers assisting over 450,000 vulnerable people living in the area. Moreover, credible information points to the use of hijacked vehicles for military purposes by these armed groups. This is unacceptable and contrary to international humanitarian law.

Armed confrontation would automatically recede as the dialogue process moves forward.

Rick Perry

Armed and law-abiding citizens are a greater deterrent to violent crime than 1,000 laws passed by Congress.

Jacques Chirac

The light of the writer and the dramatist who, by the power of the pen, armed solely with courage and his faith in mankind and truth, has nurtured the hopes of the oppressed who were denied democracy,

Bob Graham

The men and women of America's armed forces and all citizens representing the U.N., and other nations must be reassured in times like these that they have our whole-hearted support and are in our prayers daily,

They never go out without an armed person,

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

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 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.