Branch Quote by Malcolm Gladwell Download Open image “In the government's eyes, the Branch Davidians were a threat.” — Malcolm Gladwell ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Branch Eyes Government Politics Threat Were
People don't seem to understand that the separation of powers is not about the power of these branches; it's there to protect individual liberty… — Jonathan Turley Copy Share Image
Our founders recognized that 'men were not angels' and that checks and balances in government were critical to avoid threats to the rule of… — Neal Katyal Copy Share Image
The danger from legislative usurpations, which, by assembling all power in the same hands, must lead to the same tyranny as is threatened by… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The department was set up primarily to protect us from another terrorist attack from Islamic terrorists, and yet they talk about everything but that. — Peter T. King Copy Share Image
“This country was founded by people who were worried about government power—who knew that you cannot trust people in power. So they divided government… — Historica Press Copy Share Image
The three branches of government number considerably more than three and are not, in any sense, 'branches' since that would imply that there is… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
“The whole affair left a lot of bad feeling, particularly because on 17 March, the day after Davis was released, a drone attack on… — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
“Jesus says, “You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye” (Matthew 7:5). You see these dynamics when David arrives at King Saul’s camp, bringing food for his older brothers. David is surprised to hear Goliath taunting the Israelites and their God. He… — Paul Miller Copy Share
The government is a giant logjam in the eternal river of human potential. — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
The whole purpose of those attacks was to drive those contractors out. Lots of them had to leave. They were terrified. — Wayne White Copy Share Image
Government is, and always has been, the greatest criminal threat to the peaceful members of society. — Richard Ebeling Copy Share Image
“Surprisingly, the only kings of historical times who did claim descent from David were Christians, not Jews.” — Kamal Salibi Copy Share Image
When I go to my health club, and it's in the basement, you have to take the elevator down. And this drives me crazy.… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
“The scholars who research happiness suggest that more money stops making people happier at a family income of around seventy-five thousand dollars a year.… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
We need to be clear when we venerate entrepreneurs what we are venerating.They are not moral leaders. If they were moral leaders, they wouldn't… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
“Some people look like they sound better than they actually sound, because they look confident and have good posture," once musician, a veteran of… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
A handicap is like trying to race and you have a ten pound weight stuck to your waist. That is a handicap. — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
“neighborhood was filled with engineers from Hewlett-Packard, then as now one of” — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
“People are ruined by challenged economic lives. But they are ruined by wealth as well because they lose their ambition and they lose their… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
The single most important thing a city can do is provide a community where interesting, smart people want to live with their families. — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
[Norden] said, with the Mark 15 Norden bombsight, he could drop a bomb into a pickle barrel at 20,000 feet. — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
The willingness to be self-critical in England is much greater than the willingness to be self-critical in America. — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
The conventional explanation for Jewish success, of course, is that Jews come from a literate, intellectual culture. They are famously "the people of the… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
“Foolish man, what do you bemoan, and what do you fear? Wherever you look there is an end of evils. You see that yawning… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Neuroscience is by far the most exciting branch of science because the brain is the most fascinating object in the universe. Every human brain… — Stanley B. Prusiner Copy Share Image
No branch of the law is of more importance to the counsellor, the statesman, or the citizen, than a thorough acquaintance with the Constitution… — Samuel Freeman Miller Copy Share Image
The thing about the Air Force or any branch of the military is that all of us were plucked away from our homes and… — Jon Huertas Copy Share Image
If you look at any leaf on any tree branch, it's similar to but not exactly a repetition of the previous branch. So the… — Charles Jencks Copy Share Image
The founding leaders of our country believed in a three-part sharing of governmental power, with each branch jealously watching the actions of the other… — Chellie Pingree Copy Share Image
Living with fear stops us taking risks, and if you don't go out on the branch, you're never going to get the best fruit. — Sarah Parish Copy Share Image
I've been in the legislative branch and now the executive branch and in each case I felt it was important we use our constitutional… — John Engler Copy Share Image
On the morning, Daddy and I get up at six o'clock because Christmas trees must be bought in the dark. We walk to the… — Tove Jansson Copy Share Image
Retail banking in Africa is very weak. You can't go to a village and get money from an ATM or visit a branch of… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
I'm fascinated by the idea that genetics is digital. A gene is a long sequence of coded letters, like computer information. Modern biology is… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image