Assault Quotations

Ronald Reagan was long thought to be the most conservative of Republicans. And by any standard today he is the most popular Republican in modern history. Yet he raised taxes 11 times, supported a ban on assault rifles and the Brady Bill, which mandated background checks, and established amnesty for 3 million undocumented workers.

Guerrilla wars, and even more so terrorist assaults, are conducted only by forces with insufficient strength to carry out a real war.

We in Congress must take action to keep assault weapons and high-capacity clips out of the hands of those who are so dangerous or deranged or deluded that they can snuff out the life of innocents on a whim.

Dementia is, after all, a symptom of organic brain damage. It is a condition, a disorder of the central nervous system, brought about in my case by a viral assault on brain tissue. When the assault wiped out certain intellectual processes, it also affected emotional processes.

Waco was supposed to be a way for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms and the Clinton administration to prove the need for a ban on so-called assault weapons.

Who needs a bullet piercing, armor piercing bullet to go hunting? Who needs an assault rifle to go hunting? You can't even use the prey that you kill with an assault rifle if you indeed do it.

Kubrick showed us something special. Every film was a challenge, and a direct assault on cinema's conventions.

People often ask me how I feel about my invention being used to kill people every day and the AK being a common weapon of ethnic conflicts. I want to make it clear that I created my assault rifle to protect my country. You can blame politicians for its spreading out of control on a global scale.

The onset of mania occurs when repression is no longer able to resist the assaults of the repressed instincts.

Decades ago, women suffered through horrifying back-alley abortions. Or, they used dangerous methods when they had no other recourse. So when the Republican Party launched an all-out assault on women's health, pushing bills to limit access to vital services, we had to ask: Why is the GOP trying to send women back... to the back alley?

One's own self-worth is tied to the worth of the community to which one belongs, which is intimately connected to humanity in general. What happens in Darfur becomes an assault on my own community, and on me as an individual. That's what the human family is all about.

I support an assault weapons ban, and I'll tell you why. We already have one in California, so I don't support doing anything above what we do in California.

Visits to crowded Indian urban centers unleash sensory assaults: colorful dress and lilting chatter provide a backdrop to every manner of commerce, from small shops to peddlers to beggars.

If you go to probably any jury trial in Baltimore that involves violence, either an assault or murder, and watch the voir dire, to me, that's when you get a sense of what it's like to live in Baltimore.

We Egyptians reject any kind of assault or insult against our prophet.

You look at the violence that is there in entertainment, in video games, and don't just go say, 'We're going to do an assault weapons ban, and that's going to solve the problem,' because it is not going to get to the root of the problem.

When you have a high-volume magazine or an assault weapon, you're not hunting deer or protecting your home; you're out to hunt people.

The argument that gay marriage doesn't affect straight marriages is a ridiculous red herring: Gay marriage affects society and law in dramatic ways. Religious groups will come under direct assault as federal and state governments move to strip them of their non-profit statuses if they refuse to perform gay marriages.

The linear, single species idea of farming is an assault on ecological function. Something's going to break down in that system - anything from soil structure, in economics... but where to start is with true ecological function.

My show is a sensory assault... in a very brief manner - the show is only 25 minutes long.

When journalists and politicians speak of a dwindling middle class that's under economic assault and a poor community that's getting bigger, they're talking about Ferguson. Independent of the racial demographics and dynamics of Ferguson, Missouri, there's a 'Ferguson' near you.

Perhaps the most striking assault on the foundations of traditional liberties is a little-known case brought to the Supreme Court by the Obama administration, Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project.

There is no question that Australia's most dramatic assault on the world market has been with its value wines. These are generally not from specific appellations but blends made by huge enterprises like Penfolds, Rosemount or Casella Estate - the group behind Yellow Tail.

Women like me. Women love me, so if I really wanted to involve the women, I don't have to assault the women.

Every time John Travolta assaults a masseur, a scientologist gets their wings.

But the works of man are impotent against the assaults of nature . . .

We actually got several of the sexual predator and sexual assault cases down in Provo last week.

We see time's furrows on another's brow, And death intrench'd, preparing his assault; How few themselves in that just mirror see!

Comparison is a brutal assault upon one’s self.

I have been under assault by the liberal media in the United States,

Let mortification be especially directed to strike at those sins that act your master sins-that at, most prevalent and predominant in your heart, that yet you have most prayed against and are least able to resist, that strongly assault you and most easily beset you and are masters over you.

So far we have demanded an apology from the governments. But if they continue their assault on our dear Prophet Mohammad, we will burn the ground underneath their feet.

Much of the Marine Corps equipment was purchased with the prospect of a shore assault in mind.

Mr. Bates pled guilty to a count of manslaughter, two counts of assault with force likely to cause great bodily injury and guilty to making criminal threats and to transportation of more than one ounce of marijuana. They are all felonies.

Men have a lot of power to stop sexual assault and it doesn't make you less of a man.

Portal continues its assault on the billing industry's dirty little secret--poor customer satisfaction. With service providers facing an increasingly volatile market with competitors entering from every direction, billing and Revenue Management solutions will rise in prominence as a mission-critical and differentiating business weapon. As such, we have seen an increased willingness among service providers to shop for new solutions that best address today's business climate.

My understanding is that they (the government in Jakarta) have provided a battalion of forces from outside of East Timor, ... And that they were able to turn back an assault by militia groups against the U.N. people last night.

I am uncertain if race was a factor in Mr. Dilks' assault on me in August and his subsequent threats, but I can assure you that I feel my safety has been severely threatened.

I'm a strong supporter of the Second Amendment, but I do not feel you need an Uzi or an assault weapon to defend your family. What use is there for an assault weapon? For cop-killer bullets?

I can tell you that they were a unit that was moving in an amphibious assault vehicle ... their normal vehicle to move in, ... It is an armored vehicle that they use in the conduct of their normal operations.

I especially appreciate them after a hard event such as the Assault on Mount Mitchell.

He was arrested on assault and battery charges under the domestic abuse statute. He was taken to the Forrest County jail. We notified the Dean of Students and coaching staff. The call came from Frat Row.

There is a full-scale assault by the federal government now on journalists in order to get at people who disclose classified information.

What you're seeing is a frontal assault on business as usual - the politics of insiders using the system to benefit themselves and their friends.

What you have here is an assault on Willie Copeland.

Here is a government, a feckless federal government, who spent millions of taxpayer dollars to wage an assault on all our constitutional rights.

We made our assault at the end. And we made it with free throws.

He committed a sexual assault and asked them to perform certain things.

I think it is high time that a statement is made. The assault on our children must stop, something must be done, and we are calling on the powers that be to do something about it.

I think that might be a lot of people's reaction to hearing that a rolling pin could be an assault weapon.

It is important for us to be able to meet and greet the people that we serve. And if we start having police presence everywhere we go, it's going to create a chilling effect on discourse, and it creates an incredible assault on the democratic process.

It is my position that the incident that occurred on July 23, 2003, was a matter of the utmost seriousness, that it was a vicious assault that was entirely consistent with homicidal intent, and that such intent could be and should be proven against both Wayne and Cynthia Jensen,

I will not tolerate any assault on the health, safety and welfare of Virginia's citizens or the environment, and I insist on compliance with environmental laws and regulations. This matter must be brought to a swift and responsible conclusion ... The bottom line is that you need to either fully comply with environmental laws and regulations or shut down.

It is an assault upon the very core of what generations of our citizens have been proud to boast of, at home and abroad, as the essence of the Australian character -- the

I see it as an assault on the entire liquor industry by neo-prohibitionists.

Our job was to help secure the main supply route through raids and air assault missions. It was day and night. We never stopped. At times, we took a lot of fire. There were definitely some scary moments.

Our first priority is officer safety. The core principle behind a force decision is to use it in instances where officers lives or the lives of people around the scene are in danger. Certainly assault with a vehicle constitutes deadly harm.

Rock for Life's mission is to educate, activate, mobilize and unite the youth of our nation to fight the culture of death. Young activists from across the country will gather in our nation's capital this weekend to speak out against the assault on the most essential human right - the right to life.

Suffice it to say that the officer allegedly used his authority, threats of arrest and (more subtly) his weapon to effect the sexual assault

I think it would be highly unlikely that we would go through the resources of extraditing an individual from the United States for a summary conviction assault misdemeanor.

We now have to plan an assault on trying to win promotion. It's a big challenge but one I feel everyone here can achieve,

We need an aggressive, sustained and comprehensive assault by industry, government and consumers to stop spam, ... Today's lawsuits are exactly the kinds of action we need to put illegal spammers out of business.

The allegations were that he would use some sort of either nitrous oxide or gas and the victim was made so that she was unaware or unconscious and then he would sexually assault her while she was in the chair there.

The Army understands that a retired sergeant major made a complaint against the current Sergeant Major of the Army for sexual assault and harassment,

We hope these guidelines will bring an end to the frontal assault on the Air Force by secularists who would make the military a wasteland of relativism, where robust discussion of faith is impossible.

Well, we found a bunch of abandoned buildings and we are actually going to go ahead and try to retrieve some of these Ak-47s assault rifles that they have been using to shoot at helicopters and some of the people trying to get back into the city to get it back up and running.

The present assault upon capital is but the beginning. It will be but a stepping-stone to others, larger and more sweeping, till our political contests will become a war of the poor against the rich.

Those close to Mr. Obama say he grows irritated at being misunderstood - not just by opponents who insinuate that he caters to African-Americans, but also by black lawmakers and intellectuals who fault him for not making his presidency an all-out assault on racial disparity.

Togolese authorities must investigate this assault fully and prosecute those responsible, ... This kind of brazen attack cannot go unpunished.

What we have seen is a brutal and violent assault on press freedom. It is an unspeakable affront to democracy when a government turns to violence to stifle the voice of its media critics.

What we have seen is a brutal and violent assault on press freedom.

Today we are only marching in protest, but if you do not stop this assault (on Muhammad) we will sacrifice our souls and our blood for the prophet. Our message today is that we will accept an official apology from the government, but if the assault continues we will burn the land under their feet.

We definitely need this type of legislation. These military-style assault weapons, such as machine guns and .50-caliber rifles, shouldn't be out on the street for anyone to get a hold of. These are the type of weapons that are used in many crimes so they are just really dangerous.

The decision sends a message that in respect to people who are infected with the HIV virus, that it is an aggravated sexual assault for them to have unprotected sexual intercourse with a woman without disclosing ? or with a man for that matter ? without disclosing the fact that they are HIV positive.

We want to bargain with Hilton separately because it's the worst of the bunch. And we are concerned that Hilton is going to gather allies and do a lockout pact and assault us like they did in San Francisco.

The Executive Office of the President seems to care more about hiding the truth about military sexual trauma rather than putting forward a budget to help women and men who have suffered military sexual assault and rape,

Even though we know sexual assault is still dramatically underreported, I think women are much more empowered today than they used to be.

I believe that sexual assault - if this is possible - was even more underreported when I was in school.

Thumbs grow into my throat. I wear slaps like a spot of rouge.

Why a man can have access to a semi-automatic assault weapon ... what is going on?

We considered two charges, felony stalking and assault with a deadly weapon, and found there was insufficient evidence on both.

When both men tried to run, the suspect fired one shot from this assault rifle. That single shot struck one victim in the side, went out of his side and struck the next victim in his upper leg.

yet another dastardly assault on an innocent humanitarian worker.

This shows that sexual assault does happen here.

There are a lot of unanswered questions and I'd like to get to the bottom of it. Questions of why were four or five police officers out there. Some of them had assault weapons and my son was running across the highway when he collapsed.

With the assault on labor right now, it was important for us to be out with all the unions.

When the Georgian army started this assault against the sleeping city of Tskhinvali, the Georgian peacekeepers, serving in one contingent with their Russian friends, joined the army and started killing the Russian comrades in arms.

The president's premeditated assault on the administration of justice must be interpreted as a threat to our system of government.

While the language of the e-mail is vile, the e-mail itself is perfectly consistent with the boys' unequivocal assertion that no sexual assault took place that evening.

This was a premeditated, calculated assault at Heritage High School, ... He knew right from wrong. He knew what he was doing. He is not mentally ill.

This vote is an aggressive assault by the U.S. government on the right of sexual minorities to be heard. It is astonishing that the Bush administration would align itself with Sudan, China, Iran and Zimbabwe in a coalition of the homophobic.

This unprecedented assault on the work of human rights groups will invariably undermine the rights of all Russians.

Through the protracted and disgraceful assault on American womanhood the clergy baptized each new insult and act of injustice in the name of the Christian religion, and uniformly asked God's blessing on preceedings that would put to shame an assembly of Hottentots.

We expect relatively good earnings this week, as we saw from Motorola yesterday. We expect a favorable producer price index report this week. And it looks as though we could make an assault on 8,000 relatively soon.

We charged members of this organization with arms trafficking and conspiring to import more than a million dollars worth of silenced pistols, submachine guns, assault rifles, and other weapons including rocket launchers,

We think it is time for Ms. Love to take full financial responsibility for her assault on Ms. King,

Victims of sexual assault experience traumatic, life-changing events, ... We should work to protect their privacy, not compromise it.

Today's ruling by a federal judge who sits in the 9th Circuit is yet another assault on American principles. The Founding Fathers believed that our Creator gave us certain inalienable rights,

At this point, the reason for the assault remains under investigation. Our victim tells us he knew his assailant only as someone he had seen around the city.

At the time he took the knife away from her, the assault was over his minor assault was over,