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• Today the Justice Department did issue a blanket alert. It was in recognition of a general threat we received. This is not the first time the Justice Department have acted like this. I hope it is the last. But given the attitude of the evildoers, it may not be.

  George W. Bush

  Attitude, Issues, Justice

  George W. Bush's Prime Time News Conference, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. October 11, 2001.

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• Consistent with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1622(d), I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency previously declared on September 14, 2001, in Proclamation 7463, with respect to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the continuing and immediate threat of further attacks on the United States. Because the terrorist threat continues, the national emergency declared on September 14, 2001, and the powers and authorities adopted to deal with that emergency must continue in effect beyond September 14, 2010.

  Barack Obama

  Years, September 11, President

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• The medical establishment has become the major threat to health.

  Ivan Illich

  Health, Medicine, Medical

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• ...[Changers] were a threat to identity, a challenge to the individualism even of those they were never likely to impersonate. It had nothing to do with souls or physical or spiritual possession; it was, as the Idirans well understood, the behavouristic copying of another which revolted. Individuality, the thing which most humans held more precious than anything else about themselves, was somehow cheapened by the ease with which a Changer could ignore it as a limitation and use it as a disguise.

  Iain Banks

  Spiritual, Challenges, Soul

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• If you can't force or are unwilling to force your people to follow you, with or without threats, you are not a leader.

  Lee Kuan Yew

  Inspiring, People, Leader

  "Success Stories Lee Kuan Yew". DVD, documentary, 2002.

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• That is why, as one who values the U.S.-Israel relationship, and loves Israel, I was near tears throughout the Prime Minister’s speech — saddened by the insult to the intelligence of the United States as part of the P5 +1 nations, and saddened by the condescension toward our knowledge of the threat posed by Iran and our broader commitment to preventing nuclear proliferation.

  Nancy Pelosi

  Commitment, Love Is, Israel

  "Pelosi: Netanyahu speech 'insulting to the intelligence of the United States'" by Lauren French, www.politico.com. March 3, 2015.

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• It seems with every new day, we have a new veto threat from the president.

  Mitch McConnell

  New Day, President, Notable

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• We are bringing in another threat, which is nature itself. I don't really want to get into specifics too much, but I will say that there is a third uncontrollable, almost undefeatable threat that is going to come in when the characters of the show are at their most vulnerable. It's really going to be something that they have a hard time dealing with.

  Robert Kirkman

  Character, Hard Times, Want

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• If you don't believe ... Saddam Hussein is a threat with nuclear weapons, then you shouldn't vote for me.

  John F. Kerry

  Believe, Nuclear, Hussein

  "War issue presents challenge for Dem candidates" by Jill Lawrence, usatoday30.usatoday.com. February 11, 2003.

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• I mean, there was a serious international effort to say to Saddam Hussein: 'You're a threat'. And the 9/11 attacks accentuated that threat, as far as I'm concerned.

  George W. Bush

  Mean, Effort, Hussein

  Speech on Iraq, www.foxnews.com. December 12, 2005.

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• The liberal wing of the feminist movement may have improved the lives of its middle- and upper-class constituency--indeed, 1992 was the Year of the White Middle Class Woman--but since the leadership of this faction of the feminist movement has singled out black men as the meta-enemy of women, these women represent one of the most serious threats to black male well-being since the Klan.

  Ishmael Reed

  Men, Years, Class

  Ishmael Reed (1995). “Airing Dirty Laundry”, Perseus Books

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• I’ve never argued against any technology being used when you have an imminent threat, an active crime going on. If someone comes out of a liquor store with a weapon and fifty dollars in cash, I don’t care if a drone kills him or a policeman kills him.

  Rand Paul

  Technology, Drones, Liquor Stores

  "Drone warfare politics change in Washington". "All In with Chris Hayes", www.nbcnews.com. April 24, 2013.

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• Even if we give first priority to the destruction of terrorist networks, and even if we succeed, there are still governments that could bring us great harm. And there is a clear case that one of these governments in particular represents a virulent threat in a class by itself: Iraq. As far as I am concerned, a final reckoning with that government should be on the table.

  Al Gore

  Government, Class, Iraq

  "A Commentary on the War Against Terror: Our Larger Tasks". Address to the Council on Foreign Relations, February 12, 2002.

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• A little threat of evil is always the far better way to fill the seats. But sometimes the monsters aren't who we think they are.

  Brad Meltzer

  Thinking, Evil, Monsters

  Brad Meltzer (2009). “The Book of Lies”, p.225, Hachette UK

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• The police came to me to say I had death threats and that I had to be careful!

  Heather Mills

  Police, Be Careful, Careful

  Interview with Fiona Phillips, www.news.com.au. October 31, 2007.

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• And y'know what they decided the number one threat was? The destructive and disruptive capability of a small group. That's what they're worried about most... they're terrified of a small group with a committed goal.

  Brad Meltzer

  Fear, Numbers, Goal

  Brad Meltzer (2011). “The Inner Circle: The Culper Ring Trilogy 1”, p.291, Hachette UK

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• We favor a strong nonproliferation program that emphasizes diplomacy, reliance on multilateral regimes, controls on nuclear materials, and cooperative nuclear threat reduction.

  George W. Bush

  Religious, Strong, Nuclear

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• I will never cower before any master nor bend to any threat.

  Dean Alfange

  Masters, Common Man

  Who's who in America: 43rd Edition, 1984-1985, Volume 1, (p. 42), 1984.

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• I think for the U.S. government the Sandinistas represented a threat to their dominance of Latin America.

  Bianca Jagger

  Latin, Thinking, Government

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• I grew up in a sport that didn't allow you to grow up. There was always the threat of younger competition. So you had to maintain the image of youth.

  Cathy Rigby

  Sports, Growing Up, Competition

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• Isn't a policy of conventional weapons, with the terrible bombs raining down, with the missiles, with the aircraft, with the submarines, with the torpedoes, with the tanks, with chemical weapons - isn't that based on the possibility of threat?

  Margaret Thatcher

  War, Rain, Tanks

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• We call on the Senate to reject any judicial nominee who does not affirm fundamental civil rights, including a woman's right [to obtain an abortion on demand]. The threat an [pro-life] judiciary poses to women's lives demands nothing less.

  Susana Martinez

  Rights, Pro Life, Abortion

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• The core threat to democracy is not in the White House, it's the [Bush] haters themselves.

  David Brooks

  White, House, Democracy

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• With the CGI, suddenly there's a thousand enemies instead of six - the army goes off into the horizon. You don't need that. The audience loses its relationship with the threat on the screen. That's something that's consistently happening and it makes these movies like video games and that's a soulless enterprise. It's all kinetics without emotion.

  Harrison Ford

  Army, Games, Enemy

  "‘Cowboys & Aliens’ star Harrison Ford: Most special-effects films are soulless now". herocomplex.latimes.com. April 25, 2011.

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• Iran's continued drive to develop nuclear capabilities, including troubling enrichment activities and past work on weaponization documented by the IAEA, and its continued support to groups like Hezbollah, Hamas and other terrorist organizations make clear that the regime in Tehran is a very grave threat to all of us.

  Leon Panetta

  Past, Iran, Organization

  Remarks by Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta at the Saban Center, archive.defense.gov. December 2, 2011.

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