The impulse to make ourselves safer by making ourselves less free is an old one ... When we are badly frightened, we… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
In these xenophobic times, when politicians are stoking everyone's anxiety about threats from abroad, I would argue that engaging with the rest… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
Pose a political threat to Business As Usual, and sooner or later, mostly sooner, someone will try to kill you. — Alexander Cockburn Copy Share Image
Whatever new threats and challenges may emerge, our nation will be able to face them squarely, deal with them, and yet allow… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
Human society is born in the shadow of religious fear, and in that stage the suppression of heresy is a sacred social… — Chapman Cohen Copy Share Image
Environmental disaster is the gravest threat to China's continued development. That's according to me, but it is not some wacko view. — James Fallows Copy Share Image
It is a better world. A place where we ate responsible for our actions, where we can be kind to one another… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
She refused to accept the simple truism that the better you were, the bigger threat you were to those at the top.... — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
We should differentiate between criminals who make violent threats online, and trolls who are just arseholes — Bonnie Greer Copy Share Image
Behind every footballing tough guy there lurks a mincing aesthete with a love of art for art's sake, football for football's sake.… — Simon Barnes Copy Share Image
Mexico just needs more journalists, and especially more good places to publish and exhibit. There are all kinds of censorship practiced in… — Francisco Goldman Copy Share Image
Demands for equality for women are threats to men's self-esteem and sense of sexual turf. — Alice S Rossi Copy Share Image
We are willing to uphold principles that have resulted in unprecedented prosperity and security throughout Europe and around the world. With the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
George Bush sold us on going to war with Iraq based on the threat of weapons of mass destruction. But we still… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
Another response to racism has been the establishment of unlearning racism workshops, which are often led by white women. These workshops are… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
No terror state poses a greater or more immediate threat to the security of our people and the stability of the world… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
What sparks wars? The will to power, the backbone of human nature. The threat of violence, the fear of violence, or actual… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
The most pervasive cyber threat to the U.S. financial sector is from cyber criminals. — James Clapper Copy Share Image
I really see the U.S. staggering under the burden of three blows. One is 9/11 and the threat of terrorism, which is… — Chris Alexander Copy Share Image
Life is easier when you can write off others as monsters, demon, as horrible threats that must be hated and feared the… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
A core challenge for Australia is - how do we best prepare ourselves for the Asia Pacific century - to maximise the… — Kevin Rudd Copy Share Image
We live under continual threat of two equally fearful, but seemingly opposed destinies: unremitting banality and inconceivable terror. It is fantasy, served… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Books were despised by the Viking Tribes, as they were seen as a horrible civilizing influence and a threat to the barbarian… — Cressida Cowell Copy Share Image
