Threatened Quotes
411 quotes by 366 authors
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The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world's definitions.
— James A. Baldwin
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I deliver very traditionally, and people aren't threatened. I think if I cursed or seemed wilder, I couldn't get away with the amount of very…
— Elayne Boosler
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Law enforcement officers are never 'off duty.' They are dedicated public servants who are sworn to protect public safety at any time and place that…
— Barbara Boxer
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When you are a strong woman, you will attract trouble. When a man feels threatened, there is always trouble.
— Barbara Taylor Bradford
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But if our hopes are betrayed, if we are forced to resist the invasion of our soil, and to defend our threatened homes, this duty,…
— King Albert II
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People are only mean when they're threatened, and that's what our culture does. That's what our economy does.
— Mitch Albom
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An Englishman, being flattered, is a lamb; threatened, a lion.
— George Chapman
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One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double…
— Winston Churchill
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There are some people who still feel threatened by strong women. That's their problem. It's not mine.
— Gloria Allred
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All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.
— Maya Angelou
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There is only one thing that stands in our midst, attenuated and threatened, but enthroned in some power like a ghost of the Middle Ages:…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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So Americans understand the costs of war. Yet as a country, we will never tolerate our security being threatened, nor stand idly by when our…
— Barack Obama
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When the safety of America is threatened, we will spend any amount of money. The real safety of our nation is preparing this next generation…
— Geoffrey Canada
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We believe that the spreading out and perpetuity of the institution of slavery impairs the general welfare. We believe - nay, we know, that that…
— Abraham Lincoln
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Every good soldier wants to live in an organized environment, secure in the knowledge that he or she will not be threatened or harassed by…
— William A. Connelly
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When we refused to be forced out of Berlin, we demonstrated to the people of Europe that with their cooperation we would act, and act…
— Harry S. Truman
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Australia and New Zealand are now threatened by the might of the Imperial Japanese forces, and both of them should know that any resistance is…
— Hideki Tojo
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A man of quality is never threatened by a woman of equality.
— Jill Briscoe
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Not only do happy people endure pain better and take more health and safety precautions when threatened, but positive emotions undo negative emotions.
— Martin Seligman
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Both biological and cultural diversity are now severely threatened and working for their preservation is a critical task.
— Murray Gell-Mann
Who Wrote These Threatened Quotes
366 authors contributed a total of 411 Threatened Quotes, led by these top contributors: