Sentence examples for essential deterrent from inspiring English sources

"The U.S. military is an essential deterrent to violence, and the United States is able to deploy additional force quickly if needed," the report contends.

The arsenal is a source of great pride among Pakistanis, who view the weapons as symbols of their nation's status and as an essential deterrent against an attack by India.

In an early outline of what would become his initial response to the Sept. 11 attacks, Mr. McCain argued that "swift and sure" retribution against any one of the rogue states was an essential deterrent to any of the others.

He says that a free press is an essential deterrent to tyranny; that Russia's only dictatorship should be "a dictatorship of laws," that Russia is committed to "fundamental political rights and human liberties".

Former prime minister David Cameron said Trident was an "essential deterrent" to both Britain's security and the overall security of Nato.

I never believed "identity" was some kind of panacea, but it certainly seemed as though it was an essential deterrent to bad actors in a medium that had few, if any, standards of conduct.

Although none of these factors were essential deterrents for the implementation of pay for performance programs in medicine, the aggregate seems to indicate that significant changes are needed before this type of program could be considered a realistic option in dentistry.

They realize that investigations and prosecutions are essential as deterrent.

In the aforementioned communication, the Commission acknowledged that 'legislation, effective prosecution, and the conviction of guilty parents and cutters appear to be essential as deterrents'.

Shirreff insists that retention of a nuclear deterrent is essential.

Maintaining a safe, secure and effective nuclear deterrent is essential to U.S. national security and will be for the foreseeable future.