“As with Randall Terry and other anti-abortion leaders, women simply did not figure into [Roeder's] equations. If all the abortion providers were dead, the problem would be solved, and he'd never have to think about those who sought to end their pregnancies through illegal or dangerous means.” IfsThinkingMeanEndsProblemWould BeLeaderDangerousFiguresAbortionIllegalPregnancyEquationsProvidersAnti Abortion Author:Stephen Singular
“To the media, I have become a symbolic figure, critical of China. According to the government, I am a dangerous threat.” GovernmentMediaDangerousFiguresThreatChinaCriticalSymbolic Author:Ai Weiwei
“What's the job of the candidate in this world? The job of the candidate is to raise the money to hire the consultants to do the focus groups to figure out the 30-second answers to be memorized by the candidate. This is stunningly dangerous.” WorldJobsAnswersFocusGroupsDangerousFiguresThis WorldRaisesCandidatesConsultantsFocus Groups Author:Newt Gingrich
“People who thought that she was busy going around trying to stir up difficulty where there was none or less than she imagined, were quite critical of her. She was, we must never forget, a public figure. And in democracies, public figures tend to attract criticism as well as praise. The most dangerous thing would be if anybody were regarded as above criticism. And Eleanor Roosevelt is, in recent years, getting there.” PeopleIfsTryingYearsWellsWould BeForgetDemocracyDangerousFiguresCriticismDifficultyPraiseBusyCriticalNever ForgetDangerous ThingsEleanorPublic Figures Author:William A. Rusher
“I feel that other people's suggestions are very dangerous. Yet, I can't say that they are always destructive or not useful. Perhaps, rather than having other people tell you how you should improve your work, they should just tell you how they understand your work, what they got out of it, so that you can figure out yourself if what you did was right or wrong.” PeopleIfsFeelsShouldI CanDangerousFiguresDestructiveSuggestions Author:Yuriy Tarnawsky
“Donald Trump doesn't have a plan. He said, I have a secret plan, and then he said, um, I know more than all the generals about ISIS. And then he said, I'm going to call the generals to help me figure out a plan. And finally he said, I'm going to fire all the generals. He doesn't have a plan. But he does have dangerous ideas.” KnowsDoeSaidIdeasHelpingSecretFirePlansDangerousFiguresTrumpHelp MeIsisDangerous Ideas Author:Tim Kaine
“I think that there have been a number of public figures where you start hearing commentary that is dangerous because what it starts doing is it starts dividing us up as Americans.” ThinkingHas BeensNumbersDangerousFiguresHearingCommentaryDividingPublic Figures Author:Barack Obama