#deterrence

Deterrence is the art of producing, in the mind of the enemy, the fear to attack. ↗

— Sterling Hayden

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No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once a specific crime has appeared for the first time, its reappearance is more likely than its initial emergence could ever have been. ↗

— Hannah Arendt

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A great amount has been talked and written about what constitutes a sufficient balance and what really is meant by the concepts of "balance" and "deterrence". ↗

— Alva Myrdal

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Deterrence itself is not a preeminent value; the primary values are safety and morality. ↗

— Herman Kahn

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