Silence can pose a greater threat than the difficult truth.

Heavy as they are, the costs of action must be weighed against the price of inaction. If Saddam defies the world and we fail…

— William J. Clinton

No challenge poses a greater threat to future generations than climate change.

— Barack Obama

These are dark times, there is no denying. Our world has perhaps faced no greater threat than it does today. But I say this…

— Anonymous

Obscurity is a far greater threat to authors and creative artists than piracy.

— Tim O'Reilly

There is no greater threat to America than Islam.

— William G. Boykin

By being courageous enough to state the difficult truth, the most important reputation that you will preserve is your own.

— Marc Randolph

“It was hard not to ask why me, but he had begun to grasp the difficult truth that a thing could have a cause…

— Salman Rushdie

“One important thing was not to forget what he hoped to achieve in life. Another important thing was not to confuse a romantic picture…

— Lydia Davis

“It's a difficult truth to face that some people choose to define themselves by the pain they feel or the wrongs they've suffered. They're…

— Dani Harper

“People would far rather be handed an easy lie than search for a difficult truth, especially if it suits their own purposes.”

— Joe Abercrombie

It's very difficult to get to the truth and ironically, in the Information Age, which we would have thought meant channels to the truth…

— David Irving

If we don't have accurate information, if we are not able to tell difficult truth one to another, we will never be able to…

— Jack Reed

Climate change poses a far greater threat to the outdoor industry than even the privatization of the public lands.

— Gretchen Bleiler

The state always poses a greater threat to society than whatever problem it purports to solve.

— Llewellyn Rockwell

The computer is a greater threat to the [nuclear] family than all the abortion laws and gay rights movements and pornography in the world.

— Alvin Toffler