Escalation Quotes
Escalation Quote of the day
Between an uncontrolled escalation and passivity, there is a demanding road of responsibility that we must follow.
Our numbers have increased in Vietnam because the aggression of others has increased in Vietnam. There is not, and there will not be, a mindless escalation.
What's going on in the Senate is kind of a politics of escalation. We're getting sort of like the Mideast: pay back everybody when you're in charge.
In point of fact all Americans are automatically turned down by China these days because of the escalation of Johnson's war in Vietnam, which several times has intruded into China.
We've protected thousands of people in Libya; we have not seen a single U.S. casualty; there's no risks of additional escalation. This operation is limited in time and in scope.
The fact is that when you make the other suffer, he will try to find relief by making you suffer more. The result is an escalation of suffering on both sides.
I noticed at once that Depp had a dangerously energized intelligence . . . He was a suave little brute, but he had a wicked sense of humor and a rare instinct for escalation.
Kissing is not just kissing. It is a major escalation or de-escalation point in a powerful process of mate choice.
The escalation to attack undefended civilian targets is just a classic illustration of terrorism.
The real demon is success-the anxieties engendered by this quest are relentless, degrading, corroding. What is worse, there is no end to this escalation of desire.
The American escalation of the war in Laos provoked a response by the Communist forces, which now control more of Laos than ever before.
Peace cannot be achieved except after the cessation of military escalation and the economic and financial siege.
Mounting tensions in Eastern Europe send shivers down the spine. Barely a quarter of a century after the end of the Cold War we seem to be sliding inexorably towards another.