Caspar Weinberger Quotes

#1. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, assessing a Polish crisis in 1984, said: "There's continuing ground for serious concern and the situation remains serious. The longer it remains serious, the more ground there is for serious concern.

William Zinsser

#2. We must recognize that personal freedoms diminish as the welfare state grows. The price of more and more public programs is less and less private freedom.

Caspar Weinberger

#3. Cruelty is the law pervading all nature and society; and we can't get out of it if we would.

Thomas Hardy

#4. I shall carry to the Catacombs of Age,
Photographically lined
On the tablet of my mind

W.S. Gilbert

#5. In spring 1989 ... I saw the buildup of demonstrations from Chengdu to Tiananmen Square. It struck me that fear had been forgotten to such an extent that few of the millions of demonstrators perceived danger. Most seemed to be taken by surprise when the army opened fire.

Jung Chang

#6. The English are such a frightened, nervous, insecure group of people - they no longer rule the world!

Terry Gilliam

#7. The only stuff I don't like are Broadway musicals. I hate them. I don't even like to talk about it. I can't bear musicals.

Laurie Anderson

#8. It took the Gulf War to demonstrate that America did want more than one friend in the Mideast, and also was willing to take and make major risks to prevent a small Muslim country, Kuwait, from being overrun and in effect stolen by Iraq.

Caspar Weinberger

#9. Art must always remain earnest ... Art must be serious, no sarcasm, comedy. One does not laugh at a loved one.

Arshile Gorky

#10. Here rests the soul of our nation - here also should be our conscience.

Caspar Weinberger

#11. I'm very serious about acting.

Victor Garber

#12. Kelso and Adler's book could start a revolution.

Caspar Weinberger

#13. I think women are too valuable to be in combat.

Caspar Weinberger

#14. Sanctions and negotiations can be very ineffective, and indeed foolish, unless the people you are talking with and negotiating with and trying to reach agreements with are people who can be trusted to keep their word.

Caspar Weinberger

#15. I have had a long unabashed love affair with dogs that stretches back to early childhood.

Caspar Weinberger

#16. Even an inaccurate missile is quite a deterrent.

Caspar Weinberger