“Women's struggle for equality worldwide is about more than equality between men and women. Our struggle is about reversing the trends of social, economic, political, and ecological crisis - a global nervous breakdown! Our struggle is about creating sustainable lives and attainable dreams.” MenDreamPoliticalSocialChangeStruggleEconomicCreatingMen And WomenCrisisNervousTrendsBreakdownEcologicalNervous BreakdownEcological Crisis Author:Bella Abzug
“It is precisely those members of Congress who have had the most to do with creating the risks that led to the current economic crisis who are making the most noise against others, and summoning people before their committee to be browbeaten and humiliated on nationwide television.” PeopleRiskEconomicTelevisionMembersCreatingCrisisCongressCurrentsNoiseCommitteesHumiliatedEconomic CrisisSummoning Book:Dismantling America and Other Controversial Essays (Large Print 16pt) Source: Dismantling America and Other Controversial Essays (Large Print 16pt)
“When excesses such as lax lending standards become widespread and persist for some time, people are lulled into a false sense of security, creating an even more dangerous situation. In some cases, excesses migrate beyond regional or national borders, raising the ante for investors and governments. These excesses will eventually end, triggering a crisis at least in proportion to the degree of the excesses. Correlations between asset classes may be surprisingly high when leverage rapidly unwinds.” PeopleMayEndsGovernmentSituationClassCasesSecurityDangerousDegreesCreatingStandardsCrisisBordersProportionAssetsInvestorsExcessPersistLendingCorrelationUnwindMigrateLaxDangerous SituationsNational BordersFalse Sense Of Security Author:Seth Klarman
“September 11th does not justify ignoring the Constitution by creating broad new federal police powers. The rule of law is worthless if we ignore it whenever crises occur.” IfsDoeLawCreatingConstitutionPoliceCrisisJustifyBroadsSeptemberWorthlessRule Of LawSeptember 11September 11thPolice Power Author:Ron Paul
“Global warming activists claim a serious public concern presently exists and the overwhelming majority of scientists agrees humans are creating a global warming crisis. The survey of AMS meteorologists, however, shows no such overwhelming majority exists. Indeed, to the extent we can assign a majority scientific opinion to whether all the necessary components of a global warming crisis exist, the AMS survey shows the majority does not agree humans are creating a global warming crisis.” HumansDoeShowsOpinionSeriousCreatingConcernScientistClaimsCrisisAgreeMajorityGlobal WarmingActivistOverwhelmingComponentsSurveysMeteorologists Author:James Taylor
“Democracy depends on people speaking out, and in times of great crisis, on people creating a commotion.” PeopleDemocracyDependsCreatingCrisisSpeaking Out Author:Howard Zinn
“Of course the issue of ending war, and creating prosperity; they're overarching issues all the time. But right now, the challenge to this generation I believe is the climate crisis. It's a national security issue, it's a health issue in terms of clean air, it's a competitiveness issue in terms of innovation and it's a moral issue to preserve the planet for the next generation.” BelieveWarCoursesNextI BelieveTermChallengesMoralIssuesGenerationsAirSecurityPlanetsRight NowCreatingInnovationCrisisCleanClimateProsperityPreservesNational SecurityNext GenerationThis GenerationCompetitivenessMoral IssuesHealth IssuesClean Air Author:Nancy Pelosi
“By creating an urgent crisis that can only be solved by those fluent in a language too complex for ordinary people to understand, the Wall Street crowd has turned the vast majority of Americans into non-participants in their own political future.” PeoplePoliticalLanguageStreetsWallCreatingOrdinaryCrisisMajorityComplexesCrowdsOrdinary PeopleUrgentParticipantsFluent Author:Matt Taibbi