“We have a moral concern to feed all of the hungry, wipe out malnutrition, so that every American be housed and every child have access to education.” ChildrenMoralConcernAccessHungryWipeMalnutritionAccess To Education Author:Jesse Jackson
“We're in a dangerous phase right now where too many millions of Americans aren't listening at all to what the press tells them, and that concerns me.” MillionsDangerousListeningRight NowConcernPressesPhases Author:Megyn Kelly
“What's a major concern that people, major grievance Americans lodge? It's, we don't make anything in America anymore.” PeopleAmericaMajorsConcernGrievanceLodges Author:Kellyanne Conway
“Donald Trump has addressed many times that his main concern is making sure that we have a system in place that we completely lack now, which is, those countries that tend to train and export and harbor terrorists where we do not have proper vetting are places where we're going to need to have better vetting. And he's made that very clear.” NeedsMadeCountryClearTrumpConcernTrainTerroristHarbors Author:Kellyanne Conway
“To the parents, basically, of the dreamers, which was DAPA. I understand, of course, the concern that a lot of folks have had with the number of deportations. But there again, I believe that the president [Barack Obama] has made an earnest attempt to address those issues.” BelieveMadeCoursesI BelieveParentPresidentNumbersIssuesConcernFolksBarackAddressesDreamerEarnestPresident Barack ObamaDeportation Author:Julian Castro
“So my concern is that - what the campaign has to do is to pull those folks [negative to Donald Trump] out and make sure that they actually get to the ballot.” TrumpConcernNegativeFolksCampaignsBallots Author:Julian Castro
“To speak truth to power is not a particularly honorable vocation. One should seek out an audience that matters - and furthermore (another important qualification), it should not be seen as an audience, but as a community of common concern in which one hopes to participate constructively.” ShouldImportantMatterSpeakCommunityCommonAudienceConcernHonorableVocationSpeak The TruthQualifications Author:Noam Chomsky
“Academics are mostly professionals, involved in their work and other concerns of their own, with no particular interest in the workings of the ideological system.” InterestParticularInvolvedConcernIdeological Author:Noam Chomsky
“Our concern is to help people counter the efforts of those who seek to "regiment the public mind every bit as much as an army regiments the bodies of its soldiers," so that the self-designated "responsible men" will be able to run the affairs of the world untroubled by the "bewildered herd" - the general public - who are to be marginalized and dispersed, directed to personal concerns, in a well-regulated "democracy."” PeopleMenWorldMindWellsSelfHelpingBodyRunningAbleBitsEffortDemocracyConcernArmyResponsibleAffairSoldierHerdsBewilderedMarginalizedGeneral Public Author:Noam Chomsky
“It seems self-evident that we should want people to be free, to be able to play an active part in making decisions about matters of concern to them, to the largest possible extent.” PeopleWantShouldSelfMatterPlaySeemsAbleDecisionConcernActiveEvidentMaking Decisions Author:Noam Chomsky
“I don't really see what can be said about the role of faculty members, or universities, beyond the truisms voiced earlier, and their elaboration in various domains, ranging from focused intellectual pursuits to the concerns of the larger society and future generations.” SaidRolesGenerationsMembersIntellectualConcernUniversityVariousFocusedPursuitFacultyDomainFuture GenerationTruismFaculty Members Author:Noam Chomsky
“The focus on creativity and independence exists in pockets of resistance in the educational system, which, to thrive, should be integrated with the needs and concerns of the great majority of the population. One finds them everywhere.” NeedsShouldCreativityFocusConcernIndependenceMajorityPopulationEducationalResistanceThrivePocketsIntegratedEducational System Author:Noam Chomsky
“Dissidents are not imprisoned as in the domains of the Kremlin, in the old days. They do not have their brains blown out by elite forces armed and trained by the reigning superpower, as happens in Washington's domains - with no particular concern at home - an important fact, one of many that help us learn about ourselves, if we choose.” IfsImportantFactsHelpingHomeHappensForceBrainParticularConcernElitesDomainOld DaysSuperpowerDissidentsKremlin Author:Noam Chomsky
“My specific concerns with Trump's plans are that they are likely to investments in infrastructure where the private returns are highest (for example toll roads and bridges) rather than where the public gains are greatest.” PlansExampleReturnTrumpHighestGainsConcernInvestmentBridgesInfrastructureTolls Author:Mariana Mazzucato
“That's what's going to matter at the end of the day. Did we improve people's lives? Did we solve the problems that the American people need solved? Are we addressing the concerns of people who are tired of being tired?” PeopleNeedsEndsMatterProblemConcernTiredSolveThe End Of The Day Author:Paul Ryan
“I did not suggest that Iran is a democracy; just the opposite. I talked about it being a repressive theocracy. What I think is indisputable is that even within this repressive regime, the political leaders there - including the Supreme Leader - are sensitive to the concerns of the population within bounds.” ThinkingPoliticalLeaderDemocracyConcernOppositesBoundsIncludingPopulationSupremeSensitiveIranRegimesPolitical LeadersTheocracy Author:Barack Obama
“It's the job, I think, of leaders to try to address peoples' real legitimate concerns and channel them in the most constructive ways possible.” ThinkingWayTryingRealJobsLeaderConcernAddressesConstructive Author:Barack Obama
“How Donald Trump reaches out to groups that may not have supported him, how he signals his interest in their issues or concerns, I think those are the kinds of things that can set a tone that will help move things forward once he has actually taken office.” ThinkingKindMayHelpingMovingInterestIssuesTakenGroupsTrumpOfficeConcernToneReach OutSignals Author:Barack Obama
“Of course I have got concerns. Donald Trump and I differ on a whole bunch of issues.” WholeCoursesIssuesTrumpConcernBunch Author:Barack Obama
“When it comes to e-book playback devices and software, I have always thought that the emphasis on ergonomic concerns as a tipping point for the end-user population was misplaced.” BookEndsConcernPopulationDevicesSoftwareUsersEmphasisTippingMisplacedTipping Point Author:Tom Peters
“I think [Donald Trump] is going to be inaugurated this week. I have great concerns, and apparently Republicans do as well, and there's going to be an investigation about the role that Russian hacking played in getting him elected.” ThinkingWellsRolesWeekTrumpRepublicanConcernInvestigationHacking Author:John Lewis
“One concern I had while I was working actively in the intelligence community - being someone who had broad access, who was exposed to more reports than average individuals, who had a better understanding of the bigger picture - was that the post - World War II, post - Cold War directions of societies were either broadly authoritarian or [broadly] liberal or libertarian.” WorldWarIndividualUnderstandingCommunityColdConcernBiggerAverageLibertarianAccessPostsWar Of The WorldsReportsBroadsExposedWorld War IiWorld War ICold WarBigger PictureIntelligence Community Author:Edward Snowden
“All those people who went out [to Occupy Wall Street] missed work, didn't get paid. Those were individuals who were already feeling the effects of inequality, so they didn't have a lot to lose. And then the individuals who were louder, more disruptive and, in many ways, more effective at drawing attention to their concerns were immediately castigated by authorities. They were cordoned off, pepper-sprayed, thrown in jail.” PeopleWayFeelingsIndividualLosesAttentionStreetsEffectsWallAuthorityConcernPaidDrawingInequalityThrownJailPeppersDisruptiveOccupy Wall StreetDrawing Attention Author:Edward Snowden
“I think that it's unfortunate that we have allowed politics to use theology to hit areas that we sincerely want to support. But I think that they are using us to some degree because they are using what concerns us to isolate us.” ThinkingWantUseSupportDegreesAreasConcernTheologyUnfortunateSincerely Author:T. D. Jakes
“We have gotten so nuanced into social issues that we fail to understand that China is buying up America, we have fallen into debt in such a pervasive way that social security is compromised, we are living longer than we lived before and in order to secure the kind of healthcare that we need without the deficits on our budget, we need really strong leadership that is focused only on the plethora of issues and not just the traditional concerns that have driven us to the ballot box.” WayNeedsKindAmericaOrderStrongSocialIssuesFailingSecurityConcernBoxesChinaDebtFocusedDrivenTraditionalSecureBudgetsFallenBuyingHealthcareSocial SecurityDeficitSocial IssuesBallots Author:T. D. Jakes
“I think we have to find a leader who reflects all of our concerns and not just some of them.” ThinkingLeaderConcern Author:T. D. Jakes
“Those who wish to change the world should have the best possible understanding of the world, including what is revealed by the sciences, some of which they might be able to use for their purposes. That's why workers education, including science and mathematics, has commonly been a concern of left intellectuals.” WorldShouldUseMightAblePurposeLeftWishUnderstandingConcernShould HaveMathematicsWorkersIncludingChanging The World Author:Noam Chomsky
“If there are lessons to be drawn from the sciences, then that should be the concern of everyone, including scientists to the extent that they can make a contribution.” IfsShouldLessonsConcernScientistIncludingContribution Author:Noam Chomsky
“The government would assert that individuals who are aware of serious wrongdoing in the intelligence community should bring their concerns to the people most responsible for that wrongdoing, and rely on those people to correct the problems that those people themselves authorized.” PeopleShouldProblemGovernmentIndividualCommunitySeriousConcernResponsibleRelyWrongdoingIntelligence Community Author:Edward Snowden
“At the trial of Chelsea Manning, the government could point to no case of specific damage that had been caused by the massive revelation of classified information. The charges are a reaction to the government's embarrassment more than genuine concern about these activities, or they would substantiate what harms were done.” DoneGovernmentCasesInformationActivityConcernHarmGenuineTrialsReactionsDamageRevelationsMassiveEmbarrassmentChelseaClassified InformationGenuine Concern Author:Edward Snowden
“I think I would have been much more attuned to the concerns of people who were desperately in need. I was unfamiliar, for instance, with the plight of those living in the small villages in the deserts and the jungles of Africa.” PeopleThinkingNeedsHas BeensConcernInstanceDesertVillageJungleUnfamiliarPlightSmall Villages Author:Jimmy Carter
“I think the Republican Party has indicated to everyone who wants to look at us that, you know, we're in the mainstream. We understand a lot of the concerns people have.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantLooksPartyRepublicanConcernMainstreamRepublican Party Author:Bob Dole
“There's always cause for concern if bad policies are pursued.” IfsCausesPolicyConcernPursued Author:Jack Kemp
“It concerns me when people frame the conversation about equal pay about the entertainment business. I don't want the wage gap issue to be viewed as this myopic problem, because it's not. It's in 98 percent of all businesses, and it's easy for people to dismiss this conversation when they think it's around white women entertainers. But this is about all women in America.” PeopleThinkingWantProblemAmericaEasyWhitePayIssuesConversationEqualPercentConcernEntertainmentGapsEntertainersEqual PayEntertainment BusinessMyopic Author:Patricia Arquette
“More than fifty years ago Sputnik dramatically raised the nation's awareness of what was lacking in science and math education in America. What we need to wake people up to now is the crisis in imagination and concern for the greater good.” PeopleNeedsYearsAmericaNationsImaginationGreaterAwarenessConcernYears AgoCrisisRaisedMathFiftyLackingGreater GoodMath EducationEducation In AmericaSputnik Author:Katherine Paterson
“First and foremost, that I will, obviously, be the president of all the people, as opposed to one segment. When you look at some of the appointments, there`s great concern because does it really represent all the people, and somehow figuring out how to bring the nation together.” PeopleFirstsLooksDoeTogetherNationsPresidentConcernAppointments Author:Al Sharpton
“When the civil rights community raised a lot of concerns around the nomination of Mr. Sessions, Senator Sessions, one of the things was that he`s on record of saying things intrusive, like voting rights,that he doesn`t believe the federal government should interfere with local policing, almost like states` rights kind of rhetoric.” ShouldBelieveKindStatesGovernmentCommunityRecordsRightsConcernRaisedLocalsCivil RightsVotingRhetoricInterfereSenatorsFederal GovernmentSessionRight To VoteNominationsStates Rights Author:Al Sharpton
“For me to come in as the mayor already recognizing some of the problems that we were facing and also having put some of those reforms in place, I recognize what the advocates were talking about. I also recognize what the police department`s concerns were and what the community in general was concerned about.” ProblemCommunityTalkingConcernConcernedPoliceReformDepartmentRecognizingMayorsPolice Department Author:Catherine E. Pugh
“[Vladimir] Putin intended to provide for a broad safety corridor [for the Olympic Games]. That's why Abkhazia was a more important and desired goal of Russian aggression against Georgia than South Ossetia, which merely served as a pretext. Concerns mainly centered on the Crimea.” ImportantGamesGoalConcernSafetySouthBroadsAggressionPutinGeorgiaPretextOlympic GamesCorridorsCrimea Author:Garry Kasparov
“You know why I love Chicago? Because this is just like Baltimore. Like, you can't go to Baltimore and be fake. They gonna point you right out, like, "Nah, you fake, go ahead outta here." They're going to chew you up and spit you out if you're fake. And if you come to Chicago, you can't be fake, in terms of the love and the concern. You gotta be real. Your good intentions - people want to feel that. We don't get enough of that.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantFeelsRealEnoughTermLike YouConcernIntentionFakeChicagoBeing RealSpitGood IntentionsBaltimore Author:Felicia Pearson
“I had very deep concerns about my financial status because I found that up until "Let's Dance" I was virtually broke again. I had been so irresponsible in how I dealt with my financial affairs. I take full responsibility for that.” FoundResponsibilityConcernAffairFinancialBrokeIrresponsibleVery Deep Author:David Bowie
“The thing that should most concern us is a shift in American foreign policy. We have had a bipartisan belief in American foreign policy based on the post-World War II institutions that believed in democratic global world, which Russia and the Soviet Union was often seen as hostile to. And most Republicans and Democrats have always basically believed in this world order. Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin and maybe Marine Le Pen do not agree with this basic structure of the world.” WorldShouldWarOrderBeliefPolicyThis WorldTrumpRepublicanConcernAgreeInstitutionsStructureUnionsDemocraticDemocratRussiaPostsWar Of The WorldsPensSovietWorld War IiForeign PolicyWorld War ISoviet UnionHostileMarinePutinWorld OrderBipartisanAmerican Foreign Policy Author:David Brooks
“The public has moved beyond politicians. For example, I'm not worried about them repealing protections for the LGBT community, because the public is beyond that. I'm not worried about them being able to change the way in which we have reached out and provided many more opportunities for women. And I - but here's what does concern me. What concerns me is that they will make some judgments in the foreign policy area, without having thought it through that may cause a lot of problems.” WayMayDoeProblemAbleOpportunityCausesCommunityPolicyExamplePoliticianJudgmentAreasConcernMovedProtectionWorriedLgbtForeign PolicyLgbt CommunityRepealing Author:Joe Biden
“The reason I talk so much about the middle class is it's the glue that holds America together. It really is. And we don't speak enough to their legitimate concerns.” ReasonEnoughTogetherAmericaSpeakClassMiddleConcernMiddle ClassGlue Author:Joe Biden
“Real social progress is always a widening of the circle of concern and protection. It's respect and empathy overtaking blindness and indifference. It's understanding that by the true measure, we are all neighbors and countrymen, call to each one of us to know what is right and kind and just and to go and do likewise.” KnowsKindRealSocialUnderstandingProgressEmpathyConcernProtectionNeighborCirclesIndifferenceBlindnessCountrymenSocial ProgressOvertaking Author:Paul Ryan
“We have national security concerns. There are lots of concerns which must be addressed by actually securing our border. And so, a physical security barrier on the border is something we`ve all - I voted for it, like I said, in 2006 or 2007.” SaidSecurityConcernBordersBarriersNational Security Author:Paul Ryan
“I do have a concern that if we just say no Trans-Pacific Partnership, we`re done, we`re ignoring the region, and then, yes, I think we`re creating a void for China, but that is not what the president [Donald Trump] is saying.” IfsThinkingDonePresidentTrumpCreatingConcernChinaRegionsVoidPartnershipTransPacificJust Say No Author:Paul Ryan
“My concern was first, for the black people of Mississippi, then I became concerned for black people nationwide, now my concern is for black people all over the world. I began to realize that it's not as much about race as we think it is. It's about the rich vs. the poor. I feel as if the different races are pitted against one another so we won't see the bigger (financial disparity) problem.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldFeelsFirstsDifferentProblemBlackRealizingPoorRaceRichConcernConcernedBiggerFinancialBlack PeopleMississippiDisparityDifferent Races Author:David Banner
“My concern over private property is that it no longer fosters individuality. The historic destiny of private property is that it has created a highly corporatized economy, and I have to ask myself why. What is it in the market that led 100 capitalists to dissolve into 10 as a result of rivalry and accumulation, 10 into 3, and I think if the system has its way, those 3 into 1?” IfsThinkingWayAsksResultsDestinyEconomyConcernPropertyIndividualityCapitalistHistoricAccumulationPrivate PropertyRivalry Author:Murray Bookchin
“When I talk about self-management, self-regulation, self-government, the word I emphasize is self, and my concern is with the reconstruction of the self. Marxists and even many, I think, overly enthusiastic anarchists have neglected that self.” ThinkingSelfGovernmentConcernManagementRegulationEnthusiasticNeglectedAnarchistMarxistReconstructionSelf-governmentSelf RegulationSelf Management Author:Murray Bookchin