“A so-called 'blackout' is yet another gimmick, albeit a dangerous one, designed to punish elected and administration officials who are working diligently to protect American jobs from foreign criminals.” JobsDangerousProtectCriminalsAdministrationOfficialsGimmicksBlackoutsAmerican Jobs Author:Christopher Dodd
“If a state political organization is founded in part upon a state religion with a dogma based on one or a few 'official' prophets, then shamanism, where every shaman is her or his own prophet, is dangerous to the state. [...] Shamanism, as I said, is not a religion. The spiritual experience usually becomes a religion after politics has entered into it.” IfsSaidStatesSpiritualPoliticalDangerousOrganizationOfficialsProphetDogmaShamanismSpiritual Experience Author:Michael Harner
“It is always unconscionable for the government to punish people for expressing an idea merely because government officials - or the majority of citizens - decide that those ideas are 'dangerous' or 'wrong.' That is a power nobody ought to possess.” PeopleIdeasGovernmentDangerousOughtCitizensMajorityOfficialsGovernment Officials Author:Glenn Greenwald
“Cameras are dangerous. With no waiting period or background check, any whack-job could just stroll into a Wal-Mart and walk out with a semi-automatic. Now, for years I've been pressing for stricter regulations on cameras, especially around our elected officials. Too many political lives have been cut short by some crazed shooter.” YearsHas BeensJobsPoliticalWaitingWalksCuttingDangerousPeriodsCamerasBackgroundsChecksOfficialsRegulationPolitical LifeElected OfficialsShooterBackground Checks Author:Stephen Colbert
“If you have got high-ranking officials reaching down five levels in the bureaucracy to drag an analyst up to their office to berate them and threaten their jobs because they don't like the conclusions about an intelligence matter, that, in my view, is dangerous.” IfsMatterJobsLevelsViewsFiveDangerousOfficeConclusionOfficialsReachingDragBureaucracyAnalystsRanking Author:Christopher Dodd
“What I've called "the Mafia doctrine" in many publications: when the Godfather issues an edict, others must obey, or else. It's too dangerous to allow disobedience. A leading principle of world affairs - though, of course, officials and commentators put it more politely.” WorldCoursesPrinciplesIssuesDangerousAffairDoctrineOfficialsMafiaDisobediencePublicationCommentatorsWorld Affairs Author:Noam Chomsky