Quotes About Threats

Threats to freedom of speech, writing and action, though often trivial in isolation, are cumulative in their effect and, unless checked, lead to a general disrespect for the rights of the citizen.

We have had no specific or credible threats, but we don't take that as any kind of comfort. We know we need to be ready and we know that, that vigilance is the price of freedom.

For our country to be safe from terrorists we must stabilize Iraq and show that it can be done and take out these terrorist organizations who would harm Americans. Our freedom is at stake here.

Mirá Agustín, con las amenazas pasa como con los perros bravos: si les tenés miedo, se te echan encima. Si en camio los afrontás con serenidad, entonces te respetan.

Why should I be afraid now? Strange men have come to kill me ever since I was twelve years old.

As much as Anabaptist teachings anticipated later Western convictions about the separation of church and state, at least in the sixteenth century their beliefs were regarded by Catholics and Protestants alike as grave threats to the stability of European Christian society.

We're the richest nation in the world and everybody wants what we've got. And the minute we look soft, the would-be aggressors will go wild.

I face the world as it is, and cannot stand idle in the face of threats to the American people. For make no mistake, evil does exist in the world. A nonviolent movement could not have stopped Hitler's armies. To say that force is sometimes necessary is not a call to cynicism—it is a recognition of history, the imperfections of man and the limits of reason.

leftist threats of redistribution had installed him as potentate redux, a starched-collar exemplar in the face of socialism's hectoring witch.

when you see godless world leaders wreaking havoc, spewing out threats, killing their own people, trampling basic human rights, and fomenting anti-Semitism, remember that even though they are ultimately responsible for their actions, an evil force is at work behind and through them, trying to bring the world under Satan's control.

This means that when you see godless world leaders wreaking havoc, spewing out threats, killing their own people, trampling basic human rights, and fomenting anti-Semitism, remember that even though they are ultimately responsible for their actions, an evil force is at work behind and through them, trying to bring the world under Satan's control.

State terror thereby creates obedience in the bodies of citizens and residents by enlisting the tense stomach and the threatened sphincter as visceral reminders of the external threats. There, terror often abides, in hidden but lethal ways.

But terrorists are not living and training only in faraway Third World countries. Attacks have occurred in Paris, London, Madrid, and Jerusalem, and, obviously, in New York, Washington, and the skies above the United States on September 11, 2001, when nineteen al-Qaeda terrorists murdered thousands of Americans. It is also a virtual certainty that terrorist "sleeper cells" are secreted in America.

From our schools and entertainment, to the media and government, we are witnessing the onslaught of repressive actions, including threats, censorship, and character assassination, and the demand for more of it. Marx would approve.

Jagjit Singh Bawa, a Sikh property dealer, said that Bhindranwale used to extort money by threats from his own community too. Bawa once received a letter demanding 20,000 rupees. He

If men swear that they want to harm you when you are asleep, you can go to sleep. If women say so, stay awake.

If you know what matters to you, it's easier to commit to change. If you can't identify what matters to you, you won't know when it's being threatened. And in my experience, people only change their ways when what they truly value is threatened.

Sift through threats for hidden possibilities. Every threat carries with it the potential for innovation. The problem of obesity contains the possibility of new kinds of nutrition. The problem of global pollution contains the possibility of new energy sources. The problem of high unemployment contains the possibility of new educational models. The list is endless, if you can learn to see what's not there.

Before they quit skidding, three sets of hands were dragging Seth off of her. Julia was yelling threats and orders. Rafe had Seth in a

Blondeen was preparing to kill me and Jessie. She had been bad-mouthing us all over town and harassing us whenever we bumped into her in public ever since me and Jessie got together.

the human mind is alike in every race and sect of people: when the danger isn't close enough, or when enough generations have passed so that the reality of hardship and persecution ceases to be real, the threats fade. They take on the quality of interesting fiction.

Having identified potential threats and opportunities, the group should next evaluate them with reference to organizational capabilities.

Public discourse has been polluted now for decades by corporate-funded disinformation - not just with climate change but with a host of health, environmental and societal threats. The implications for the planet are grim.

Corren tiempos peligrosos para la democracia. Puede apreciarse dicha amenaza en el crecimiento de la xenofobia y del apoyo popular a figuras autocráticas que ponen a prueba los límites de las normas democráticas. Estas tendencias son preocupantes ya de por sí, pero igual de alarmante es el hecho de que los partidos y los políticos tradicionales comprendan tan poco y tan mal el descontento que está agitando las aguas de la política en todo el mundo.