Threatened Quotes - Page 19

• On the campaign trail, [Donald] Trump has threatened a trade war and repeatedly said that Mexico will pay for a wall on the Southern border.

  Steve Kornacki

  Wall, War, Southern

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• As these potential adversaries grow their missile programs, U.S. military facilities in Asia and the Middle East, as well as our allies, are increasingly in range with the United States homeland, and we are really absolutely and potentially being threatened. And within two years, we will absolutely have a real threat. They'll be able to reach us so easily the way it's going right now.

  Donald Trump

  Real, Military, Years

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• [Donald] Trump is what happens in America every time it feels economically and politically threatened, and it encounters the limitations of its own white supremacists practices.

  Junot Diaz

  Practice, White, America

  "Junot Díaz is staying put". Interview with Marcela García, www.bostonglobe.com. April 6, 2016.

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• Like 'em or hate 'em, these once peaceful gun owners of the '90s are feeling a lot like Jews of 1939 Germany. Maligned, lied about, persecuted and threatened. Afraid, confused and angry.

  Claire Wolfe

  Hate, Confused, Gun

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• The savage nations of the globe are the common enemies of civilized society; and we may inquire, with anxious curiosity, whether Europe is still threatened with a repetition of those calamities, which formerly oppressed the arms and institutions of Rome.

  Edward Gibbon

  Rome, Europe, Curiosity

  Edward Gibbon (1840). “The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire”

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• Iran is the greatest threat to stability in the Middle East. Iran remains the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism, continues its efforts to develop nuclear weapons and has directly threatened the existence of Israel and the United States.

  James Inhofe

  Israel, Iran, Effort

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• I believe only a free society can ever be truly secure. The goal should be to make terrorists feel threatened, not the American people.

  Ron Paul

  Believe, Goal, People

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• The Americans have surrounded our country with military bases and threatened us with nuclear weapons, and now they will learn just what it feels like to have enemy missiles pointed at you; we'd be doing nothing more than giving them a little of their own medicine.

  Nikita Khrushchev

  Country, Military, Medicine

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• When freedom of the press is threatened, the United States should be leading efforts to protect it.

  Elliott Abrams

  Effort, United States, Should

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• To be positive at all times is to ignore all that is important, sacred or valuable. To be negative at all times is to be threatened by ridiculousness and instant discredibility.

  Kurt Cobain

  Being Positive, Important, Negative

  "Journals". Book by Kurt Cobain, 2002.

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• I think Democracy is threatened in a way it hasn't been in two hundred years, and if America doesn't stand up, we're in big trouble.

  Rosie O'Donnell

  Thinking, America, Years

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• People are drawn to radical Islam because they feel their traditional ways of life threatened by the influx of KFC and Hollywood movies and the like.

  Franklin Foer

  Kfc, People, Islam

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• [Mikhail] Saakashvili will use all legal and illegal means possible to remain in power. People are being threatened to prevent them from collaborating with the opposition. At the same time, he is terrorizing the business world, which prevents the opposition from gaining any funding.

  Irakli Okruashvili

  Mean, People, Use

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• We are living in an historic moment. We are each called to take part in a great transformation. Our survival as a species is threatened by global warming, economic meltdown, and an ever-increasing gap between rich and poor. Yet these threats offer an opportunity to awaken as an interconnected and beloved community.

  Desmond Tutu

  Opportunity, Beloved Community, Survival

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• I threw a strop one day and threatened to walk to Budleigh Salterton.

  Mark Lewisohn

  One Day, Walks

  Mark Lewisohn (2013). “Tune In: The Beatles: All These Years”, p.132, Crown Archetype

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• Educational bureaucracies dull a child's questing sensitivity. The young must be dampened down. Never let them know how good they can be. That brings change. Spend lots of committee time talking about how to deal with exceptional students. Don't spend any time dealing with how the conventional teacher feels threatened by emerging talents and squelches them because of a deep-seated desire to feel superior and safe in a safe environment.

  Frank Herbert

  Teacher, Children, Educational

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• Americans have eliminated Iran's worst enemies, the Taliban in Afghanistan and Saddam [Hussein]. I occasionally threatened my Iranian counterpart in Kabul that one day I would send him a big bill for what we did. But, seriously, Iran is pursuing a dual strategy in Iraq. On the one hand, the Iranians, after decades of hostility, are now interested in good relations. On the other hand, they want to keep the country weak and dominate the region.

  Zalmay Khalilzad

  Country, Hands, Iran

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• A healthy strong ego, with plenty of self-esteem, does not feel itself threatened by every innocent remark.

  Maxwell Maltz

  Strong, Self Esteem, Ego

  Maxwell Maltz (2015). “Psycho-Cybernetics: Updated and Expanded”, p.98, Penguin

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• If any harm is to come to Turkey's border security, if Turkey reaches the conclusion that this garden of peace is being threatened, it is prepared for any eventuality. We will take the necessary measures to reduce the risks related to cross-border security.

  Ahmet Davutoglu

  Peace, Garden, Turkeys

  "Report: Turkey Considering Invasion of Syria to Establish Buffer Zone". www.haaretz.com. June 29, 2015.

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• Solitude is a torment which is not threatened in hell itself.

  John Donne

  Solitude, Hell, Torment

  Awakenings

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• One of my major shortcomings - I'm vindictive. I don't know why that is. Even in petty things in my life I tend to strike back. It's a lot more pleasurable a sensation than feeling threatened.

  Andy Rooney

  Feelings, Vindictive, Strikes

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• People are selfish. But they can also be compassionate and generous, and they care about the country. But not when they feel threatened. That’s why this is such a crucial time. We can go in either direction. But if we don’t make a choice soon, it will be too late to turn things around. I think people are willing to make the right choice. But they need leadership. They’re hungry for leadership.

  Robert Kennedy

  Country, Selfish, Thinking

  "Seven Things Barack Obama Should Do to Keep from Blowing It" by Arianna Huffington, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 10, 2008.

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• Any big organization can be subverted by governments or multinational special interests. They have the resources to cast doubt and fear over any group they feel threatened by.

  Arlo Guthrie

  Government, Organization, Doubt

  "Arlo Guthrie celebrates 50 years of 'Alice'". Interview with Tammy Paolino, www.usatoday.com. November 19, 2015.

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• If you're not comfortable with a strong woman you're not comfortable with your own feminine instincts. You're not comfortable, period. You're going to be threatened by everything that's not exactly like you are ... and that is the measure any man.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Strong Women, Like You, Instinct

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• It used to be that your rights were infringed upon if the government punished or threatened you for expressing your sincerest beliefs. Now, your rights are infringed upon if you want something but someone refuses to buy it for you.

  Matt Walsh

  Government, Want Something, Rights

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