Crisis Quotes
1395 Crisis quotes by 997 unique authors
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We know that advanced economies with stable governments that borrow in their own currency are capable of running up very high levels of debt without…
— Paul Krugman
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The essence of Africa's crises is fundamentally it's extreme poverty.
— Jeffrey Sachs
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From the Great Depression, to the stagflation of the seventies, to the current economic crisis caused by the housing bubble, every economic downturn suffered by…
— Ron Paul
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This present window of opportunity, during which a truly peaceful and interdependent world order might be built, will not be open for too long -…
— David Rockefeller
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The warnings about global warming have been extremely clear for a long time. We are facing a global climate crisis. It is deepening. We are…
— Al Gore
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We are on the verge of a global transformation. All we need is the right major crisis...
— David Rockefeller
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A New World Order is required to deal with the Climate Change crisis.
— Mikhail Gorbachev
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The objective, clearly enunciated by the leaders of UNCED, is to bring about a change in the present system of independent nations. The future is…
— Dixie Lee Ray
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There exists ample authority under which population growth could be regulated...It has been concluded that compulsory population-control laws, even including laws requiring compulsory abortion, could…
— John Holdren
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The climate crisis requires a bottom-up, grassroots demand for solutions because the elites in many parts of the world are under the influence of old…
— Al Gore
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Poverty is not only about income poverty, it is about the deprivation of economic and social rights, insecurity, discrimination, exclusion and powerlessness. That is why…
— Irene Khan
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As the world's largest economy and second-largest carbon emitter, as a country with unsurpassed ability to drive innovation and scientific breakthroughs, as the country that…
— Barack Obama
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When the United States stands up for human rights, by example at home and by effort abroad, we align ourselves with men and women around…
— Barack Obama
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The climate crisis is the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced. From not only the warming of the earth with higher global temperatures, but also…
— Al Gore
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The insistence on complete certainty about the full details of global warming-the most serious threat we have ever faced-is actually an effort to avoid facing…
— Al Gore
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I don't believe ... global warming is real. Do we have climate change? Yes. Is it a crisis? No. ... Because the science, the real…
— Herman Cain
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In the history of modern capitalism, crises are the norm, not the exception.
— Nouriel Roubini
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The first and probably most fundamental aspect of this crisis is that we are now close to the commodification of everything. That is, historical capitalism…
— Immanuel Wallerstein
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The Lord is in control. He knows the end from the beginning. He has given us adequate instruction that, if followed, will see us safely…
— M. Russell Ballard
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In an age of interdependence, global citizenship - based on trust and sense of shared responsibility - is a crucial pillar of progress. At a…
— Kofi Annan
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Man will survive as a species for one reason: He can adapt to the destructive effects of our power-intoxicated technology and of our ungoverned population…
— Rene Dubos
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It is not man the ecological crisis threatens to destroy but the quality of human life.
— Rene Dubos
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If we did not take action to solve this crisis, it could indeed threaten the future of human civilization. That sounds shrill. It sounds hard…
— Al Gore
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Although two thirds of our planet is water, we face an acute water shortage. The water crisis is the most pervasive , most severe, and…
— Vandana Shiva
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There is simply no way to overstate the water crisis of the planet today.
— Maude Barlow
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