We have it. The smoking gun. The evidence. The potential weapon of mass destruction we have been looking for as our pretext of invading Iraq. There`s just one problem - it`s in North Korea.
Jon Stewart
In the first place, when there is a policy of intentional aggression, inspired by a desire to get possession of the territory or the trade of another country, right or wrong, a pretext is always sought.
Alberto Madrigal
If you don`t expand the freedom of the citizens, you`ll find yourself in a country which quite comfortably, under the pretext of apathy, will not defend democracy.
Arthur Gelb
If this phrase of the `balance of power` is to be always an argument for war, the pretext for war will never be wanting, and peace can never be secure.
John Bright
I refer to calls for humanitarian intervention in the affairs of another state - a new idea, this - even when they are made under the pretext of defending human rights and freedoms.
Boris Yeltsin