Threat Quotes · Page 11

Every threat to the status quo is an opportunity in disguise.

— Jay Samit

We have to get away from thinking that everyone coming to the United States is a threat.

— Sharice Davids

China always urges that no use or threat of sanctions should be allowed in international relations.

— Li Zhaoxing

In the government's eyes, the Branch Davidians were a threat.

— Malcolm Gladwell

It seems true that the growth of science and secularism made organized Christianity feel under threat.

— Mary Douglas

The politicization of the presidency would pose a real threat to the institution and its function.

— Reuven Rivlin

Madness alone is truly terrifying, inasmuch as you cannot placate it by threats, persuasion, or bribes.

— Joseph Conrad

In their vanity men focus on what they wish to hear and miss the hidden meaning, the lurking threat.

— David Hewson

Diplomacy has more to do with (credible) threats than with sweet reason. And threats from America are a lot more credible, nowadays.

— Glenn Reynolds

Here's the reality: There is always a credible threat, and terror can strike at any time, anywhere, especially as lone wolf attacks…

— Katie Pavlich

Some governments are prepared to give up elements of sovereignty to address the threat of global climate change.

— Richard N. Haass

When I was perceived as a black man I became a threat to public safety. When I was dressed as myself, it…

— Laverne Cox

Since I've become more observant of how bikes and cars interact, I've decided that bicyclists have two major safety threats: cars and…

— Lee Nichols

Of course, the new domestic paramilitary forces will also undermine free speech and dissent with the threat of force while simultaneously threatening…

— Henry Giroux

Both we and the Soviets face the common threat of nuclear destruction and there is no likelihood that either capitalism or communism…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

[Barack Obama] believes climate change is a bigger threat to our country than these barbaric Islamic terrorists that have as their organizing…

— Jeb Bush

There is no question that al-Qaida operatives are currently active in Iraq. A premature exit before the threat they represent has been…

— Robert Foster Bennett

The newspapers do little better. Their coverage of nonhuman animals is dominated by "human interest" events like the birth of a baby…

— Peter Singer

Ronald Reagan in foreign affairs, I think, was someone who had certain, very general ideas, general propositions by which he lives: To…

— Robert Dallek

Bullying can be physical, verbal or emotional. Words and threats are just as painful as fists, especially with social media these days.…

— Derek Hough

Last week, the House of Representatives passed a resolution honoring the victims and heroes of September 11th. As we commemorate the anniversary…

— Michael McCaul

As a planet, we are at risk of destruction (for example, gradually by the warming of the planet; or rapidly, by nuclear…

— Howard Gardner

When you have half of Caironese in slums, when you don't have clean water, when you don't have a sewer system, when…

— Mohamed ElBaradei

If there is anything more frightening than the threat of global nuclear war, it is the certainty that humans not only stand…

— Michael Specter

The dramatic importance of climate changes to the world’s future has been dangerously underestimated by many, often because we have been lulled…

— Stephen Schneider

It would be a mistake to overstate the similarities between the Brexit vote and Trump's win - but there are common themes,…

— Mariana Mazzucato

Whatever new threats and challenges may emerge, our nation will be able to face them squarely, deal with them, and yet allow…

— Donald Rumsfeld

It is not better that all felony suspects die than that they escape. Where the suspect poses no immediate threat to the…

— Byron White

A new generation of Christians is being called to help build a world in which God's gift of life is welcomed, respected…

— Pope Benedict XVI

“...a minority is only thought of as a minority if it constitutes some kind of threat to the majority, real or imaginary.…

— Christopher Isherwood

In the case of Philando Castile, we believe he was complying, it might have been precipitated by a police officer telling him…

— Chris Hayes

The other reason why people don't take a stand, which is very true in this election, is looking at [Donald] Trump and…

— Reid Hoffman

Thus I assume that to each according to his threat advantage is not a conception of justice.

— John Rawls

The greatest threat that the world faces, the greatest national security threat is a nuclear Iran.

— Mitt Romney

“...And you, you better run because i'm going to destroy you for what you've taken from me.”

— Samantha Young

Change is not a threat to your life, but an invitation to live.

— Adrienne Rich

“The great threat we pose to each other is a fruit of our sublime ability to generalize.”

— Joseph A. Smith

No one understands the threat posed by Chinese Communist military companies better than DoD.

— Ronny Jackson

The threat and use of violence is stimulating nuclear proliferation along with jihadi terrorism.

— Noam Chomsky

We have to decide why terrorism is a new threat. There has always been terrorism.

— Edward Snowden