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Quotes About Controversy

Barack Obama is a threat to the continued existence of the United States, and he must be impeached, or resign.
~ Kesha Rogers
Donald Trump represents a threat both to the party and to the country. I believe he makes the world far more dangerous, I believe he puts America's economy in jeopardy. And his temperament is totally unsuited for the presidency.
~ Mitt Romney
I think Sinn Fein remains the greatest threat to our democracy and our prosperity as a state.
~ Leo Varadkar
President Donald Trump is a direct and serious threat to our country.
~ Rashida Tlaib
It's pretty clear that a lot of people in politics see me as a threat, and they should, because I am.
~ Michael Avenatti
There was quite a ruckus about the seven ladies in their simple colored dresses. I was truly dumbfounded that I was, right then and there, deemed the biggest threat to black men since cotton pickin', and not all women were in my corner, either.
~ Ntozake Shange
The entire island knows our father, Fred Hemmings, Jr. - kids, adults, surfers, the governor, grocery clerks, gang members who call our house at night and threaten to kill us as soon as they get out of jail. Fred was a world-champion surfer and is now a well-known, controversial politician.
~ Kaui Hart Hemmings
If a jerk burns the flag, America is not threatened, democracy is not under siege, freedom is not at risk.
~ Gary Ackerman
When Maricopa County Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio cracked down on illegal immigration without getting permission from Obama, they threatened to revoke his 287(g) status. When Sheriff Joe refused to balk, they filed suit against him with a frivolous civil rights claim.
~ Russell Pearce
Terrorism has come to publishing. It is a grave concern when criticism is turned to mortal threats.
~ Sonny Mehta
Freedom of speech, for those who don't accept multiculturalism or the sexual revolution, is increasingly limited, mainly by threats to the jobs of those who speak out of turn.
~ Peter Hitchens
I only want three children for every family. I'm a Christian, but I'm a realist, so we have to do something with our overpopulation. I will defy the opinion or the belief of the Church.
~ Rodrigo Duterte
My reputation was built on hostility. I had no friends and some very virulent enemies in the old-guard art scene when I began. They threw their heavy artillery against me. They were convinced I was perverting the public taste.
~ Betty Parsons
I remember in the spring of 1971, a hundred thousand people converged on the Pentagon in June of 1971. They threw blood; I guess it was goat's blood or something, on the steps to the Pentagon. People were being accused of being murderers and baby killers. You just can't imagine the civic outrage.
~ Wesley Clark
Writing at the 'American Spectator' in the 1990s, we threw everything we thought would stick at President Clinton.
~ David Brock
The U.S. museums weren't looking at my paintings at all - they hated them, irredeemably. People metaphorically threw up when they saw my work! They thought I was enlarging comics, or just copying them.
~ Roy Lichtenstein
It would be thrilling if I could be boycotted or something. I think that's part of the thrill Madonna gets, when you know you've hit a nerve. But that doesn't scare me. To me what would be a lot scarier would be like appearing on an episode of 'Full House' or something.
~ Julie Brown
Circus with animal shows should be forbidden, there are enough other thrilling options.
~ Bill Kaulitz
I will not allow America's elections to be further corrupted by radical left-wing policies shoved down our throats.
~ Marjorie Taylor Greene
I haven't heard Obama ask us for our consent when he's trying to ram Obamacare down our throats.
~ Rafael Cruz
Religion has certainly been shoved down my throat.
~ Michael Douglas
When I started to write, it was the '70s, and throughout that decade, we didn't have any problems with book challenges or censorship.
~ Judy Blume
He is ready, if the occasion presents itself, to throw the whole English population in the St. Lawrence.
~ Wilfrid Laurier
Sure I know where the press room is - I just look for where they throw the dog meat.
~ Martina Navratilova