Threat Quotes

The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism. (Wole Soyinka)
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. View quote
Martin Luther King Jr.
An injustice committed against anyone is a threat to everyone. View quote
Montesquieu
Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it. View quote
Denis Diderot
The sharing of joy, whether physical, emotional, psychic, or intellectual, forms a bridge between the sharers which can be the basis for understanding much of what is not shared between them, and lessens the threat of their difference. View quote
Audre Lorde
All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do. View quote
Leo Tolstoy
When we think of the major threats to our national security, the first to come to mind are nuclear proliferation, rogue states and global terrorism. But another kind of threat lurks beyond our shores, one from nature, not humans - an avian flu pandemic. View quote
Barack Obama
It is difficult to discern a serious threat to religious liberty from a room of silent, thoughtful schoolchildren. View quote
Sandra Day O'Connor
Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims. View quote
Ayn Rand
The sickness of our times for me has been just this damn thing that everything has been getting smaller and smaller and less and less important, that the romantic spirit has dried up, that there is no shame today. We're all getting so mean and small and petty and ridiculous, and we all live under the threat of extermination. View quote
Norman Mailer
When did the future switch from being a promise to a threat? (Chuck Palahniuk)
The dead walk among us. Zombies, ghouls - no matter what their label - these somnambulists are the greatest threat to humanity, other than humanity itself. View quote
Max Brooks
One thing, however, I know with certainty: violence, or the direct threat of violence, of the kind we have seen in the past few days, is totally unjustified as a response to any published word or image. View quote
Timothy Garton Ash
We shall continue to work for a Middle East that is free of strife and violence, living in harmony without the threat of terrorism or dangers of weapons of mass destruction. View quote
Hosni Mubarak
Nevertheless, there is another threat on the horizon. I see this threat in environmentalism which is becoming a new dominant ideology, if not a religion. Its main weapon is raising the alarm and predicting the human life endangering climate change based on man-made global warming. View quote
Václav Klaus
Saddam Hussein's regime is despicable, he is developing weapons of mass destruction, and we cannot leave him doing so unchecked. He is a threat to his own people and to the region and, if allowed to develop these weapons, a threat to us also. View quote
Tony Blair
Never get angry. Never make a threat. Reason with people. View quote
Mario Puzo
Adults under threat feel like children. View quote
Martha Beck
Change is no threat to culture. View quote
Wade Davis
The university is in danger of losing its monopoly, and for good reason. The most visible threat are the new online courses, many of them free, with some of the best professors in their respective fields. View quote
Don Tapscott
Are hackers a threat? The degree of threat presented by any conduct, whether legal or illegal, depends on the actions and intent of the individual and the harm they cause. (Kevin Mitnick)
We can no longer let the threat of an early frost send a chill of fear throughout a large portion of our workforce. Diversification is the only answer. View quote
Alan Autry
The threat of terrorism is not stronger than the will of the American people. View quote
Chaka Fattah
You should never feel comfortable. There is something wrong if you are. You should always feel under threat, on the edge of your seat and pushing yourself. Win one and you want to win more. It's never-ending. View quote
Damon Hill
But in the first Gulf war the United Kingdom was not under any threat from Iraq, and is still less so in the second one. Then there is no justification for obstructing freedom of information, particularly as nations have a right to know what their soldiers are being used for. View quote
Kate Adie