Quotes About Crisis

One of the most trying experiences an individual can go through is the period of doubt, of soul-searching, to determine whether to fight the battle or fly from it," Nixon wrote in Six Crises. "It is in such a period that almost unbearable tensions build up, tensions that can be relieved only by taking action, one way or the other. And significantly, it is this period of crisis conduct that separates the leaders from the followers.

In the history of the AIDS epidemic, President Reagan's legacy is one of silence,

For a former slave and then an orator and an editor whose political consciousness had awakened with the Mexican War and the Compromise of 1850, who had seen the fate of the slaves bandied about in one political crisis after another, and who had struggled to sustain hope in the face of the Dred Scott decision's egregious denials, a resolute stand by the North against secession and the Slave Power was hardly a sure thing.

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I'm here to tell ya, immigration, it's like rats on a ship. America is the ship and allllll these rats are comin' on board, y'all. And you know what happens when a ship gets too many rats on board? It sinks. That's what." I wondered if a ship had ever really sunk that way.

Please don't not panic!" The

Is it fucked?" I asked. She nodded. "Cancer." She whispered it so lightly I almost didn't hear. Then the word flew over and smacked me.

The influenza epidemic eventually claimed more than six million lives, but in the United States, at least, it had run its course by late in the year.

It is the fashion to style the present moment an extraordinary crisis.

It's kindness that helps people cope with a crisis.

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A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.

Britain faces an even worse crisis, with more of its Muslim young men volunteering to fight for ISIS than volunteering to serve in their own country's armed forces.

The danger was within itself: it was the crisis of confidence it was going through, the fear of being itself. When you considered them individually, French boys were as active and intelligent as ever. But they lacked the sort of shared hope and dreams which are the sign of health in a people. The fact that the celebrations for the 150th anniversary of the Revolution were only funeral commemorations revealed that weakness, that lifelessness. It was so clear

The only reason that they say, 'Women and children first' is to test the strength of the lifeboats.

When her existence is threatened, the Church is absolved of all moral commandments

iGen is on the verge of the most severe mental health crisis for young people in decades. On the surface, though, everything is fine.

the 2008 crisis is a textbook case for the theory of information

One had to be prepared for the thought that the world might actually be approaching Armageddon.

It isn't the big troubles in life that require character. Anybody can rise to a crisis and face a crushing tragedy with courage, but to meet the petty hazards of the day with a laugh - I really think that requires spirit. It's the kind of character that I am going to develop. I am going to pretend that all life is just a game which I must play as skillfully and fairly as I can. If I lose, I am going to shrug my shoulders and laugh - also if I win.

It isn't the big troubles in life that require character. Anybody can rise to a crisis and face a crushing tragedy with courage, but to meet the petty hazards of the day with a laugh—I really think that requires spirit!

We have not reached the consensus that to eat is a basic human right. This is an ethical crisis. This is a crisis of faith.

There has been a banking crisis, a financial crisis, an economic crisis, a social crisis, a geostrategic crisis and an environmental crisis. That's considerable in a country that's used to being protected.

Lydia has a growing sense that her very humanity is under siege,