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'''Sam:''' Sure as hell not a people person.|''[[Burn Notice]]'', "Truth and Reconciliation".}}
 
{{quote| There are over 550 million firearms in worldwide circulation. That's one firearm for every twelve people on the planet. The only question is: How do we arm the other 11?}}
 
{{quote| The first and most important rule of gun-running is, never get shot with your own merchandise.}}
 
{{quote| I sell to leftists, and rightists. I'd sell to pacifists, but they're not the most regular customers.}}
 
{{quote| I don't put a gun to anybody's head and make them shoot. I admit, the shooting war is better for business, but I prefer people to fire my guns and miss, just as long as they keep firing.}}
 
{{quote| You know who's going to inherit the earth? Arms dealers. Because everyone else is too busy killing each other. That's the secret to survival. Never go to war, especially with yourself.}}
 
{{quote|Selling guns is like selling vacuum cleaners; you make calls, pound the pavement, take orders. I was an equal-opportunity merchant of death; I supplied to every army but the Salvation Army. I sold Israeli-made Uzis to Muslims...I delivered Communist-made bullets to fascists...I even shipped cargo to Afghanistan while they were fighting my fellow Soviets. I never sold to Osama bin Laden—not on any moral grounds; back then, he was always bouncing cheques.|All from ''Yuri Orlov'', '''[[Lord of War]]'''}}
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