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Quotes About Threat

In spite of the advances of medicine, deathly epidemics are more menacing than ever before.
~ Christian de Duve
The medical establishment has become the major threat to health.
~ Ivan Illich
An evil exists that threatens every man, woman, and child of this great nation. We must take steps to ensure our domestic security and protect our homeland.
~ Adolf Hitler
Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.
~ Abraham Joshua Heschel
You don't throw rocks at a man with a machine gun!
~ Roddy Piper
When I was perceived as a black man I became a threat to public safety. When I was dressed as myself, it was my safety that was threatened.
~ Laverne Cox
There are no dangerous weapons; there are only dangerous men.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
The man who says to me, "Believe as I do, or God will damn you," will presently say, "Believe as I do, or I shall assassinate you."
~ Voltaire
Any gun in the hands of a bad man is a bad thing. Any gun in the hands of a decent person is no threat to anybody — except bad people.
~ Charlton Heston
Beware of driving men to desperation. Even a cornered rat is dangerous.
~ Winston Churchill
Contempt; the feeling of a prudent man for an enemy who is too formidable safely to be opposed.
~ Ambrose Bierce
Man is the hardest animal to kill. If he gets away he will come back to kill you.
~ Salvatore Maranzano
Never draw a gun on a man unless you intend to kill him. And believe me, if you do intend to kill him he will already know it. Then he will feel the cold breath of the tomb.
~ George S. Patton
The single biggest threat to man's continued dominance on the planet is the virus.
~ Joshua Lederberg
I've always had a problem with the average macho man - they've always been a threat to me.
~ Kurt Cobain
With the monstrous weapons man already has, humanity is in danger of being trapped in this world by its moral adolescents.
~ Omar N. Bradley
An armed man, especially if he is armed with a firearm, is dangerous as long as he is conscious. Take no chances. Put him out.
~ Jeff Cooper
Mt. Rainier: the stupendous volcanic shotgun pointed at Seattle's head.
~ Neal Stephenson
Most of their children had reached the age when they were no longer naturally endearing to anyone save their own parents; the size when their energy was more a menace than a wonder; and the level of intelligence when what would have been called innocence in a smaller child was infuriating rudeness. A honeybee cruising for nectar is pretty despite its implicit threat, but the same behavior in a hornet three times larger makes one glance about for some handy swatting material.
~ Neal Stephenson
A honeybee cruising for nectar is pretty despite its implicit threat, but the same behavior in a hornet three times larger makes one glance about for some handy swatting material.
~ Neal Stephenson
Our opponent is an alien starship packed with atomic bombs," I said. "We have a protractor.
~ Neal Stephenson
Edzard screamed at the men on the starboard side, threatening to throw them overboard if they didn't match the pace of the port team.
~ Neal Stephenson
Das Messer sitzt mir an der Kehle. The knife is at my throat; I am face-to-face with doom.
~ Neal Stephenson
The Rat Thing has them now," Hiro says.
~ Neal Stephenson