A drastic reduction in weapons competition following a general release from the commitment to the Cold War would be sharply in conflict with the needs of the industrial system. John Kenneth Galbraith
I wished to give a complete relation to your Highnesses, and also where a fort might be built.... However, I do not see it to be necessary, because these people are simple in weapons.... With fifty men I could subjugate them all and make them do everything that is required of them. Christopher Columbus
The pitcher has got only a ball. I've got a bat. So the percentage in weapons is in my favor and I let the fellow with the ball do the fretting. Hank Aaron
Nuclear proliferation is on the rise. Equipment, material and training were once largely inaccessible. Today, however, there is a sophisticated worldwide network that can deliver systems for producing material usable in weapons. Mohamed ElBaradei
Our experience shows that security does not lie in weapons or fences or armies. Oscar Arias Sanchez