Deterrent Quotes

We want to get a deterrent effect to let people know we don't want to do this. We would rather have people just not commit the crimes. - Dale Armstrong

We thought the desert would be a good deterrent, and we were wrong. - John Fitzpatrick

We think it [the new law] will be a deterrent, because obviously people are not heeding the warnings about running red lights... You'd think people would say 'Hey, running a red light is serious.' But they don't. - Kim Miller

We know the party line has been a deterrent for students. We feel lives have been saved. - Loren Knauss

We just have to bring the programming. I don't see any deterrents to this succeeding. - Jim Gilliam

We had a lot of plans to help the community and make it better. For all of this to come up, it's been a deterrent. We can't get things done on schedule. - John Conley

We don't intend to ease up until they (the militants) understand we have a deterrent policy... We have made it clear that we won't allow this (rocket fire) to go on. The Gaza Strip will shake. - Shaul Mofaz

We certainly hope it acts as a deterrent, even if it benefits one case. These cases are so terrible that they can be life threatening or fatal. - Fran Humphries

We cannot hermetically seal 7,000 miles of land borders and keep out 100 percent of illegal crossers... But we can create such a high likelihood of interdiction that it will have a strong and unequivocal deterrent effect on those who wish to cross illegally. - Michael Chertoff

We believe there are adjustments and realignments and enhancements that both of us can make to our forces that would give us a stronger deterrent posture -- not that it's weak now. - Paul Wolfowitz