Better Quote by Jose Manuel Barroso

Extremists and populist movements are exploiting people's fear of those who are not like us. We can see the consequences in the form of…

— Kjell Magne Bondevik

The lack of societal and institutional safeguards provides fertile ground for populist movements fueled by fear.

— Richard Edelman

Whenever you have a crisis, you're always going to have the extremists taking advantage of the situation.

— Anonymous

Fear and its accompanying emotional reactions have become part of the public mindset. Such reactions, while often legitimate, are also being exploited with increasing…

— Tariq Ramadan

I always think extremism is basically a reaction out of fear. What we seem to be experiencing is polar extremism that keeps people from…

— David Hyde Pierce

Political populism always poses a great danger because it disorients people, creates excessive expectations or, on the contrary, prioritises objectives that are clearly not…

— Vladimir Putin

Fear is cruel and mean. The political reigns of terror have been reigns of madness and malignity,--a total perversion of opinion;society is upside down,…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Fear is a treacherous leader. It shrinks from the new and fails to meet the challenges of the future.

— Barry Gardiner

Fear obscures reason, intensifies emotions, and makes it easier for demagogic politicians to mobilize the public on behalf of the policies they want to…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

Few things trigger fear and misconception more than economic tribulation, and nothing prompts elected officials to react with more simplistic populism.

— David Harsanyi

Our world is utterly saturated with fear. We fear being attacked by religious extremists, both foreign and domestic. We fear the loss of political…

— Brendan Myers

Research shows that happy people look for opportunity while others see only crises. Surrendering fear is healthy!

— Judith Orloff