“Mr. Chairman, delegates, and fellow citizens: I am honored by the support of this convention for vice president of the United States. I accept the duty to help lead our nation out of a jobs crisis and back to prosperity - and I know we can do this.” KnowsStatesHelpingJobsNationsPresidentCan DoUnitedAcceptingUnited StatesSupportDutyCitizensCrisisFellowsProsperityVicesConventionsHonoredChairmanVice PresidentDelegates Author:Paul Ryan
“The perfect fascist state needs to operate in conditions of perpetual warfare. Have you ever noticed how the world has been in constant crisis since World War II?” WorldNeedsHas BeensWarStatesPerfectConditionsCrisisConstantWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiPerpetualWarfareFascists Author:Grant Morrison
“Here is the truth: The Earth is round; Saddam Hussein did not attack us on 9/11; Elvis is dead; Obama was born in the United States; and the climate crisis is real.” RealStatesEarthBornUnitedUnited StatesEnvironmentCrisisClimateRoundsGlobal WarmingSaddamHusseinGore Author:Al Gore
“My idea, as the whole world knows, is that the capitalist system now doesn't work either for the United States or the world, driving it from crisis to crisis, which are each time more serious.” KnowsWorldIdeasStatesWholeUnitedUnited StatesSeriousCrisisDrivingWhole WorldCapitalist Author:Fidel Castro
“Our state is in crisis. Our people are hurting. Now is the time when we all must resist the traditional, selfish call to protect your own turf at the cost of our state. It is time to leave the corner, join the sacrifice, come to the center of the room and be part of the solution.” PeopleStatesHurtRoomsSacrificeCostProtectSolutionsCrisisCornersSelfishTraditionalTurfTime To Leave Author:Chris Christie
“Democracy, in the United States rhetoric refers to a system of governance in which elite elements based in the business community control the state by virtue of their dominance of the private society, while the population observes quietly. So understood, democracy is a system of elite decision and public ratification, as in the United States itself. Correspondingly, popular involvement in the formation of public policy is considered a serious threat. It is not a step towards democracy; rather it constitutes a 'crisis of democracy' that must be overcome.” StatesCommunityDecisionUnitedMoneyStepsUnited StatesVirtueDemocracyPolicySeriousElementsUnderstoodOvercomingCrisisThreatPopulationElitesRhetoricGovernanceInvolvementFormationDominancePublic Policy Book:On Power and Ideology Source: On Power and Ideology
“When the United States stands up for human rights, by example at home and by effort abroad, we align ourselves with men and women around the world who struggle for the right to speak their minds, to choose their leaders, and to be treated with dignity and respect. We also strengthen our security and well being, because the abuse of human rights can feed many of the global dangers that we confront - from armed conflict and humanitarian crises, to corruption and the spread of ideologies that promote hatred and violence.” MenWorldMindHumansWellsStatesHomeSpeakUnitedEffortLeaderUnited StatesStruggleRightsViolenceSecurityDangerExampleConflictMen And WomenDignityHatredAbuseCrisisHuman RightsCorruptionSpreadHumanitarianTreatedIdeologyAround The WorldWell BeingDignity And RespectArmed Conflict Author:Barack Obama
“The first and probably most fundamental aspect of this crisis is that we are now close to the commodification of everything. That is, historical capitalism is in crisis precisely because, in pursuing the endless accumulation of capital, it is beginning to approximate that state of being Adam Smith asserted was 'natural' to man but which has never historically existed. The 'propensity [of humanity] to truck, barter, and exchange one thing for another' has entered into domains and zones previously untouched, and the pressure to expand commodification is relatively unchecked.” MenFirstsStatesHumanityNaturalOne ThingCapitalismAspectPressureCrisisFundamentalsHistoricalEndlessZoneAdamTruckDomainAccumulationPropensityCommodification Author:Immanuel Wallerstein
“We're in a state of crisis where our nation is literally ripping apart at the seams right now, and lawlessness is occurring from one ocean to the other. And we're seeing the fulfillment of the Book of Judges here in our own time, where every man doing that which is right in his own eyes-in other words, anarchy.” MenBookStatesEyeNationsSeeingJudgingRight NowOceanCrisisEvery ManFulfillmentAnarchyLawlessness Author:Michele Bachmann
“Persisting social crisis, the emergence of a charismatic personality, and the exploitation of mass media to obtain public confidence would be the steppingstones in the piecemeal transformation of the United States into a highly controlled society.” StatesWould BeSocialUnitedUnited StatesMediaPersonalityMassTransformationCrisisControlledExploitationEmergenceCharismaticMass MediaControlled Society Author:Zbigniew Brzezinski
“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
“After each perceived security crisis ended, the United States has remorsefully realized that the abrogation of civil liberties was unnecessary.” StatesPoliticalUnitedLibertyUnited StatesSecurityCrisisUnnecessaryCivil Liberties Author:William J. Brennan
“Several unions have agreed to larger employee contributions for their members. Taxpayers are living with cuts and making sacrifices to deal with the reality of California's budget crisis, state workers are going to have to do the same.” StatesRealityDealsCuttingSacrificeMembersCrisisUnionsWorkersBudgetsCaliforniaContributionEmployeeTaxpayersMaking Sacrifices Author:Jerry Brown
“Since leaving office in 1977, Dr. Kissinger has continued to play a highly influential role in U.S. politics, in the U.S. media, and in the Rockefeller world empire. It was Kissinger, along with David Rockefeller, who was decisive in the disastrous decision of President Carter to admit the recently toppled Shah of Iran, old friend and ally of the Rockefellers into the United States, a decision that led directly to the Iranian hostage crisis and to Carter's downfall.” WorldStatesPlayPresidentDecisionUnitedRolesUnited StatesMediaOfficeCrisisLeavingEmpiresIranManipulationAlliesDrsInfluentialCarterOld FriendsIranianHostageDownfallKissingerPresident CarterHostage Crisis Author:Murray Rothbard
“The crisis [the Great Depression] discovered a great man in Franklin Roosevelt...None too soon he has carried America forward to the second stage of democratic realization. His New Deal involves such collective controls of the national business that it would be absurd to call it anything but socialism, were it not for a prejudice lingering on from the old individualist days against that word...Both Roosevelt and Stalin were attempting to produce a huge, modern, scientifically organized, socialist state, the one out of a warning crisis and the other out of a chaos.” MenStatesWould BeAmericaDealsModernStageProduceHugePrejudiceCrisisDemocraticChaosSocialismAbsurdRealizationOrganizedGreat MenCollectivesWarningSocialistAttemptingFranklinGreat DepressionLingeringNew Deal Author:H. G. Wells
“In the United States of America, unfortunately we still live in a bubble of unreality. And the Category 5 denial is an enormous obstacle to any discussion of solutions. Nobody is interested in solutions if they don’t think there’s a problem. Given that starting point, I believe it is appropriate to have an over-representation of factual presentations on how dangerous it is, as a predicate for opening up the audience to listen to what the solutions are, and how hopeful it is that we are going to solve this crisis.” IfsThinkingBelieveStillsStatesProblemAmericaPoliticsGivenI BelieveUnitedUnited StatesAudienceDangerousSolutionsCrisisStartingObstaclesSolveEnormousOpeningDenialDiscussionGlobal WarmingHopefulAppropriateCategoriesBubblesRepresentationUnited States Of AmericaPresentationStarting PointOpening UpFactualUnreality Author:Al Gore
“But, sir, the great cause of complaint now is the slavery question, and the questions growing out of it. If there is any other cause of complaint which has been influential in any quarter, to bring about the crisis which is now upon us; if any State or any people have made the troubles growing out of this question, a pretext for agitation instead of a cause of honest complaint, Virginia can have no sympathy whatever, in any such feeling, in any such policy, in any such attempt. It is the slavery question. Is it not so?” PeopleIfsHas BeensMadeWarStatesFeelingsCausesGrowingTroubleHonestPolicyCrisisSlaveryCivil WarQuartersComplaintsInfluentialVirginiaPretextAgitationNo Sympathy Author:John Brown Baldwin
“The United States is like the Titanic, and I'm here with the lifeboat trying to get people to leave the ship... I see a real financial crisis coming for the United States.” PeopleTryingRealStatesUnitedUnited StatesCrisisFinancialShipsFinancial CrisisLifeboats Author:Peter Schiff
“I would like to tell our American, British and Spanish friends that the Iraqi crisis is not a problem between the United States and France, but between those who want to move forward in the logic of war and the international community.” WantWarStatesProblemMovingCommunityUnitedUnited StatesFriendsLogicCrisisInternationalBritishMoving ForwardFranceKeep Moving ForwardInternational Community Author:Dominique de Villepin
“I was talking about no nukes, the farm crisis. People said that wasn't stuff that a state auditor was supposed to be talking about. Maybe they were right.” PeopleSaidStatesStuffTalkingCrisisSupposed To BeFarmsAgricultureNukesAuditors Author:Paul Wellstone
“Many of the crisis problems which are considered disasters in the United States would only be normal, everyday living conditions in most of Asia.” StatesProblemUnitedUnited StatesConditionsNormalCrisisEverydayDisasterMissionaryAsiaLiving ConditionsEveryday Living Book:Revolution in World Missions Source: Revolution in World Missions
“The world will not evolve past its current state of crisis by using the same thinking that created the situation.” ThinkingWorldStatesPastSituationCrisisCurrentsPlanningEvolveUrban DesignSame Thinking Author:Albert Einstein
“This quake, tsunami and the nuclear accident are the biggest crises for Japan [in decades] ... We will continue to handle it in a state of maximum alert.” StatesCrisisAccidentsDecadesNuclearHandleJapanMaximumTsunamiQuake Author:Naoto Kan
“....the globalization that characterizes today's economics goes beyond or eludes the sovereignty of individual states, and thus the power of their rulers. It is not they, but rather financial groups in control of vast amounts of capital, who decide upon their vertiginous passage through nations, without taking into account the serious crises they might generate.” StatesMightTodayIndividualNationsGroupsSeriousAmountEconomicsAccountsCrisisFinancialPassagesRulersSovereigntyGlobalizationEludeEconomic GlobalizationDecide Upon Author:Patricio Aylwin
“Bad schools, crime, drugs, high taxes, the social security mess, racism, the health care ? crisis? unemployment, welfare state dependency, illegitimacy, the gap between rich and poor. What do these issues have in common? Politicians, the media, and our so-called leaders lie to us about them. They lie about the cause. They lie about the effect. They lie about the solutions.” StatesCareSchoolLyingSocialCausesPoorCommonLeaderIssuesRichEffectsSecurityMediaCrimePoliticianDrugTaxesRacismSolutionsCrisisMessHealth CareWelfareGapsHealthcareUnemploymentSocial SecurityRich And PoorDependencyWelfare StateHigh Taxes Book:The Ten Things You Can't Say In America Source: The Ten Things You Can't Say In America