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“We have to have better intelligence. We have to have better interdiction capabilities. And so the issue is not how much we spend or how hard we try; the issue is are we doing it the right way? Are we being smart about it?”

Way Trying Hard Issues Smart Capability Right Way Being Smart Interdiction

Author:Barack Obama

“I personally didn't see personal atrocities in the sense I saw somebody cut a head off or something like that. However, I did take part in free-fire zones, I did take part in harassment and interdiction fire, I did take part in search-and-destroy missions.”

Fire Saws Cutting Missions Zone Atrocities Harassment Interdiction

Author:John F. Kerry

“There are all kinds of atrocities, and I would have to say that, yes, yes, I committed the same kind of atrocities as thousands of other soldiers have committed in that I took part in shootings in free fire zones. I conducted harassment and interdiction fire.”

Kind Fire Soldier Committed All Kinds Shooting Zone Atrocities Harassment Interdiction

Author:John F. Kerry

“First, if it is true that a spatial order organizes an ensemble of possibilities (e.g., by a place in which one can move) and interdictions (e.g., by a wall that prevents one from going further), than the walked actualizes some of these possibilities. In that way, he makes them exist as well as emerge. But he also moves them about and he invents others, since the crossing, drifting away, or improvisation of walking privilege, transform, or abandon spatial elements.”

Source: The Practice of Everyday Life

“American citizens are instrumental in carrying on a traffic in enslaved Africans, equally in violation of the laws of humanity and in defiance of those of their own country. The same just and benevolent motives which produced interdiction in force against this criminal conduct will doubtless be felt by Congress in devising further means of suppressing the evil.”

Source: The Papers of James Madison: Presidential Series

“A rigid economy of the public contributions and absolute interdiction of all useless expenses will go far towards keeping the government honest and unoppressive.”

Government Economy Honest Absolutes Useless Budgets Contribution Expenses Interdiction

Book:Thomas Jefferson: Thoughts on War and Revolution : Annotated Correspondence

Source: Thomas Jefferson: Thoughts on War and Revolution : Annotated Correspondence

“In the domain of cops and robbers, an interdiction serves to structure a black market and a shadow economy.”

Black Economy Shadow Structure Cop Domain Robbers Cops And Robbers Interdiction

Book:Gaia, a Way of Knowing: Political Implications of the New Biology

Source: Gaia, a Way of Knowing: Political Implications of the New Biology

“In the process of helping some (perhaps most) people to more utility and justice, the state imposes on civil society a system of interdictions and commands.”

People States Helping Process Justice Society Command Utility Civil Society Interdiction

Author:Anthony de Jasay