“Beside the two wars he inherited in Iraq and Afghanistan, and promised to end, a financial crisis at home had pushed the United States to the brink of another Great Depression. When we spoke with the new president in March of 2009, the economy was losing 800,000 jobs a month, the government was throwing hundreds of billions of dollars at failing banks, and the auto industry was on the verge of collapse. Politically pummeled from all sides, Obama did his best to keep a sense of humor.” TwoWarEndsStatesHomeGovernmentJobsSidesPresidentUnitedUnited StatesEconomyFailingMonthsIndustryLosingCrisisDollarsFinancialIraqBillionsSpokesMarchSense Of HumorThrowingAfghanistanCollapseGreat DepressionVergeFinancial CrisisAuto Industry Author:Barack Obama
“Every year, the average American eats as much as 33 pounds of cheese. That's up to 60,000 calories and 3,100 grams of saturated fat. So why do we eat so much cheese? Mainly it's because the government is in cahoots with the processed food industry. And instead of responding in earnest to the health crisis, they've spent the past 30 years getting people to eat more. This is the story of how we ended up doing just that.” PeopleYearsStoriesGovernmentPastIndustryCrisisAverageFatsPoundsCheeseEarnestRespondingCaloriesSaturatedFood IndustryProcessed Food Author:Michael Moss
“In America, we need to go forward in nationalizing several large corporations: I think that's possible; we nationalized General Motors; we nationalized several of the big banks, de facto; we nationalized Chrysler; we nationalized AIG. I think there will be more crises, and at some point, rather than being bailed out by the government, the public may keep the corporations it has to rescue.” ThinkingNeedsMayBigsGovernmentAmericaCrisisCorporationsRescueMotorGeneral MotorsChrysler Author:Gar Alperovitz
“In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem, government IS the problem. It isn't so much that liberals are ignorant, it's just that they know so much that isn't so.” KnowsProblemGovernmentSolutionsCrisisIgnorant Author:Ronald Reagan
“To be patriotic is to be able to question government policy in times of crisis. To be patriotic is to stand up for the Bill of Rights and the Constitution in times of uncertainty and insecurity. To be patriotic is to speak up against the powerful in defense of the weak and the voiceless. To be patriotic is to be willing to pay the price to preserve our freedoms, dignity, and rights. To be patriotic is to challenge the abuses of the PATRIOT Act.” GovernmentAbleSpeakChallengesFreedomPowerfulPayRightsPolicyWillingDignityWeakAbuseConstitutionCrisisBillsDefenseUncertaintyPreservesInsecurityPatrioticPatriotBill Of RightsPay The PriceVoicelessPatriot ActTimes Of CrisisGovernment Policy Author:Sami Al-Arian
“Government failure is always used as an excuse for government expansion. Government thrives on crisis and incompetence.” GovernmentUsedLibertyCrisisExcuseLibertarianThriveExpansionIncompetence Author:Jim Babka
“The fight against HIV/AIDS requires leadership from all parts of government - and it needs to go right to the top. AIDS is far more than a health crisis. It is a threat to development itself.” NeedsGovernmentFightingDevelopmentCrisisThreatAidsHivHiv Aids Author:Kofi Annan
“We know that advanced economies with stable governments that borrow in their own currency are capable of running up very high levels of debt without crisis.” KnowsGovernmentRunningLevelsEconomyCapableEconomicsCrisisDebtStableCurrencyHigh Level Author:Paul Krugman
“The objective, clearly enunciated by the leaders of UNCED, is to bring about a change in the present system of independent nations. The future is to be World Government with central planning by the United Nations. Fear of environmental crises - whether real or not - is expected to lead to - compliance” WorldRealGovernmentNationsUnitedLeaderIndependentCrisisEnvironmentalClimate ChangeExpectedPlanningObjectivesGlobal WarmingUnited NationsWorld GovernmentComplianceCentral PlanningEnvironmental Crisis Author:Dixie Lee Ray
“The climate crisis is the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced. From not only the warming of the earth with higher global temperatures, but also from strengthening storms and expanding droughts to melting ice and rising seas, the costs of carbon pollution are already being felt by governments, corporations, taxpayers and families around the world. The climate crisis will affect everything that we love and alter the course of our future. Now, more than ever, we must come together to solve this global crisis. We must act decisively, rise to the occasion and solve this monumental challenge.” WorldGovernmentEarthTogetherHumanityCoursesFeltChallengesSeaHigherCostCrisisClimateClimate ChangeSolveStormIceAround The WorldOccasionsCorporationsRisingOur FuturePollutionCarbonExpandingTemperatureTaxpayersMeltingStrengtheningDroughtMelting Ice Author:Al Gore
“In an age of interdependence, global citizenship - based on trust and sense of shared responsibility - is a crucial pillar of progress. At a time when more than one billion people are denied the very minimum requirements of human dignity, business cannot afford to be seen as the problem. Rather, it must work with governments and all other actors in society to mobilize global science, technology and knowledge to tackle the interlocking crises of hunger, disease, environmental degradation and conflict that are holding back the developing world.” PeopleWorldHumansProblemGovernmentAgeActorsChallengesResponsibilityTechnologyProgressInspireConflictDiseaseDignityCrisisEnvironmentalHungerBillionsDevelopingCrucialDeniedMinimumProvokingRequirementsCitizenshipDegradationPillarsHuman DignityInterdependenceHolding BackEnvironmental DegradationScience TechnologyShared Responsibility Author:Kofi Annan
“Edward Conard’s book represents the most cogent and persuasive analysis of the Financial Crisis to date. It is deeper and likely more accurate than what we have seen so far from journalists, academ- ics, and particularly former government officials.” BookGovernmentCrisisFinancialDeeperFormerJournalistAnalysisOfficialsAccurateFinancial CrisisPersuasiveGovernment Officials Author:Andrei Shleifer
“If it's not accepted that big government, fiat money, ignoring liberty, central economic planning, welfarism, and warfarism caused our crisis, we can expect a continuous and dangerous march toward corporatism and even fascism with even more loss of our liberties.” IfsBigsGovernmentLossLibertyEconomicDangerousCrisisAcceptedPlanningMarchFascismBig GovernmentCorporatism Author:Ron Paul
“For an entire wing of the G.O.P., a dysfunctional government, whose only visible activity is mismanaging crises, is not an embarrassment but the vindication of a worldview.” GovernmentActivityCrisisWingsVisibleEmbarrassmentWorldviewVindication Author:Amy Davidson
“If the federal government is truly serious about doing something with the AIDS virus, we need to take steps that would isolate the carriers of this plague.... It is difficult to understand the public policy towards AIDS. It is the first time in the history of civilization in which the carriers of a genuine plague have not been isolated from the general population, and in which this deadly disease for which there is no cure is being treated as a civil rights issue instead of the true health crisis it represents.” IfsNeedsFirstsGovernmentDifficultStepsIssuesRightsPolicySeriousCivilizationDiseaseFirst TimeCrisisPopulationAidsGenuineTreatedCivil RightsCuresIsolatedFederal GovernmentPlagueVirusesPublic PolicyCarrierDeadly Diseases Author:Mike Huckabee
“There is an absence of democratic accountability and control in every sphere of government and the state. To address this debilitating legacy requires determined action and a deep commitment to transforming our society from a crisis ridden present into something all South Africans can be truly proud of.” StatesGovernmentActionProudCommitmentCrisisDemocraticSouthDeterminedAbsenceLegacyAddressesOur SocietyAccountabilitySpheresSouth AfricaTransforming Author:Nelson Mandela
“Global warming may be a 'crisis,' even 'the most pressing environmental problem of our time.' ... Indeed, it may ultimately affect nearly everyone on the planet in some potentially adverse way, and it may be that governments have done too little to address it. It is not a problem, however, that has escaped the attention of policymakers in the Executive and Legislative Branches of our Government, who continue to consider regulatory, legislative, and treaty-based means of addressing global climate change.” WayMayMeanLittlesDoneProblemGovernmentAttentionPlanetsCrisisClimateEnvironmentalClimate ChangeOur TimeBranchesGlobal WarmingAddressesExecutivesTreatiesAdverseEnvironmental ProblemsLegislative Branch Author:John Roberts
“President Ford was a devoted, decent man of impeccable integrity who put service to his country before his own self interest. He helped heal our nation during a time of crisis, provided steady leadership and restored people's faith in the presidency and in government.” PeopleMenSelfCountryGovernmentNationsPresidentInterestLeadershipIntegrityCrisisHealDecentSteadyDevotedPresidencySelf InterestImpeccableTimes Of CrisisDecent ManPresident Ford Author:Mark Udall
“...[W]e insist on the principle that no danger or crisis, foreign or domestic, will be solved by Americans surrendering more of their constitutional liberties, in the foolish hope that a bigger government will provide greater security.” GovernmentFreedomLibertyPrinciplesGreaterSecurityDangerBiggerCrisisFoolish Author:Larry P. Arnn
“What we are seeing is there is a lot of anger out there about the failure of the government to resolve the immigration crisis.” GovernmentSeeingCrisisImmigrationResolve Author:Mark Potok
“Poor countries are being forced to deal with an unprecedented health crisis without the means to tackle it . Governments can only show how seriously they are taking this crisis by taking immediate action to provide four million extra health workers and to grant those in need access to affordable medicines.” NeedsMeanCountryShowsGovernmentActionPoorDealsMillionsFourHealthCrisisMedicineWorkersAccessExtrasGrantsAffordableUnprecedentedPoor CountriesThose In NeedImmediate ActionHealth Workers Author:Annie Lennox
“In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. From time to time we've been tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by an elite group is superior to government for, by, and of the people. Well, if no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us has the capacity to govern someone else? All of us together, in and out of government, must bear the burden.” PeopleIfsBelieveWellsSelfProblemGovernmentTogetherPresidentGroupsBearsCapableSolutionsCapacityCrisisComplexesBurdenSuperiorsElitesTemptedGoverning Author:Ronald Reagan
“The politics of austerity, of higher taxes, decided by governments, have lengthened the economic crisis.” GovernmentEconomicHigherTaxesDecidedCrisisAusterityEconomic Crisis Author:Arnaud Montebourg
“This is the one international institution we have in which governments get together to work collectively for a common purpose. International crises, by definition, require international solutions. Peacekeeping is a response to conflict, is a response to situations in which often it is not the business of any one particular country to get into. It seems to me, therefore, that the world will for the foreseeable future need peacekeeping.” WorldNeedsCountrySeemsGovernmentTogetherPurposeCommonSituationParticularConflictSolutionsCrisisInstitutionsResponseInternationalDefinitionsGet TogetherProblems And SolutionsSolution To A ProblemPeacekeepingCommon Purpose Author:Shashi Tharoor
“The GOP’s thirst for confrontation and crisis is symptomatic of a destructive and nihilistic streak that has overtaken our political system. When one party repudiates the whole concept of compromise, it is inevitable that the government will lurch from one crisis to another.” WholeGovernmentPoliticalPartyConceptsCrisisCompromiseInevitableDestructiveThirstConfrontationPolitical SystemsStreaksGop Book:The Party Is Over: How Republicans Went Crazy, Democrats Became Useless, and the Middle Class Got Shafted Source: The Party Is Over: How Republicans Went Crazy, Democrats Became Useless, and the Middle Class Got Shafted