“Of late, attempts have been made in the USA - at a high level and in a rather cynical form - to play the "Chinese card" against the USSR. This is a shortsighted and dangerous policy.” Has BeensMadePlayFormLevelsDangerousPolicyLateCardsChineseUsaCynicalHigh LevelUssr Author:Leonid Brezhnev
“If Americans actually have the conversation about our disastrous prison policies, we'll understand the trends all move in very dangerous directions: we lock up more people, for less violent crime, at ever greater expense, breeding more dangerous criminals who often come out unemployable, violent and isiolated.” PeopleIfsMovingGreaterDangerousCrimePolicyConversationPrisonCriminalsViolentExpensesTrendsLocksBreedingViolent CrimesLock Up Author:Dahlia Lithwick
“Unlimited enmity of the Albanian people against Serbia is the foremost real result of the Albanian policies of the Serbian government. The second and more dangerous result is the strengthening of two big powers in Albania, which have the greatest interests in the Balkans.” PeopleTwoRealBigsGovernmentInterestResultsDangerousPolicyUnlimitedStrengtheningEnmitySerbiaBalkansAlbanianAlbania Author:Dimitrije Tucovic
“There will come a moment when the most urgent threats posed by the credit crisis have eased and the larger task before us will be to chart a direction for the economic steps ahead. This will be a dangerous moment. Behind the debates over future policy is a debate over history-a debate over the causes of our current situation. The battle for the past will determine the battle for the present. So it's crucial to get the history straight.” MomentsPastCausesBehindsSituationStepsEconomicDangerousPolicyBattleTasksCrisisThreatInvestingDetermineCurrentsCreditDebateCrucialUrgentCurrent Situation Author:Joseph Stiglitz
“I have always preferred to liken the championship to a marathon. You have to know how to start the race, how to take the strain when problems come along and to make sure you don't give any potentially dangerous rivals an advantage. My policy is to ideally have five or six men around the age of 26, a couple of youngsters, a couple round the 28 mark and one or two in their 30s. But the nucleus of the team should be experienced and not too old.” KnowsMenGivingShouldTwoProblemAgeRaceKnow HowFiveTeamDangerousPolicyCoupleSixAdvantageMarkRoundsSoccerChampionshipStrainMarathonRivalsYoungstersX MenNucleus Author:Bob Paisley
“Nations are like people. Once you understand the interactions between nations, it's easy to understand why things are done, in terms of foreign policy, in a certain way. But nations are not like people in the sense that we are cumulatively represented by others - and their interpretations of what our interests are may not be the same as what they really are. And that's what's dangerous, even in a democracy.” PeopleWayMayDoneCertainNationsEasyTermInterestDemocracyDangerousPolicyInterpretationForeign PolicyInteraction Author:Serj Tankian
“All of these riots around the globe are endangering the world. And mobs are always dangerous, destructive things that end society. Liberal policies promote mobs because liberals crawl on the mobs, the destruction wrought by the mobs to attain power. Tere's only one way to react to a mob to save civilized society, and that is to smash the mob. It is not to mollycoddle the mob.” WorldWayEndsDangerousPolicyDestructionOne WayDestructiveCivilizedGlobesRiotCivilized Society Author:Ann Coulter
“We Americans are not an inherently more violent people than folks in other countries. We're not inherently more prone to mental health problems. The main difference that sets our nation apart is what makes us so susceptible to so many mass shootings is that we don't do enough, we don't take the basic commonsense actions to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and dangerous people. What's different in America is it's easy to get your hands on a gun.” PeopleDifferentCountryEnoughProblemHandsActionAmericaPoliticsNationsEasyCommunityDifferencesCommonViolenceDangerousHuman NaturePolicyMassEthicsGunMental HealthFolksCriminalsViolentCommon SenseShootingOther CountriesEasy To GetSusceptibleHealth ProblemsMass Shootings Author:Barack Obama
“I have heard the critics. What they are spewing are lies, nothing more. My defense policy calls for an efficient and strong military for our country. We live in dangerous times, but we must remember that we have to defend the United States against dangerous and modern threats. The Cold War is ending. Defense hawks like Senator Nunn need to understand this.” NeedsWarCountryStatesRememberLyingStrongUnitedUnited StatesHeardModernMilitaryDangerousPolicyColdThreatCriticsDefenseOur CountryEfficientSenatorsCold WarHawks Author:Mario Cuomo
“The Americans have a very active presence and policy in every single part of the world and if we broke with them, we would lose any possibility of influencing them. They would go in for global unilateralism, and the world would be a more dangerous place.” IfsWorldWould BeLosesInfluenceDangerousPolicyPossibilityActiveBrokeDangerous PlacesUnilateralism Author:Denis Healey
“U.S. domestic drug policy does not carry out its stated goals, and policymakers are well aware of that. If it isn't about reducing substance abuse, what is it about? It is reasonably clear, both from current actions and the historical record, that substances tend to be criminalized when they are associated with the so-called dangerous classes, that the criminalization of certain substances is a technique of social control.” IfsWellsDoeActionCertainSocialGoalClassClearRecordsDangerousPolicyDrugAbuseHistoricalCurrentsTechniqueSubstanceReducingSubstance AbuseSocial ControlDrug Policy Author:Noam Chomsky
“At some fundamental level, religion does not allow for compromise. It insists on the impossible. If God has spoken, then followers are expected to live up to God's edicts, regardless of the consequences. To base one's life on such uncompromising commitment may be sublime; to base our policy making on such commitments would be a dangerous thing.” IfsMayDoeWould BeLevelsImpossibleDangerousPolicyCommitmentConsequenceFundamentalsExpectedCompromiseFollowersSublimeDangerous ThingsUncompromisingPolicy Making Book:The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream Source: The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
“In Europe there's an dangerous growth of ultra xenophobia which is pretty threatening to any one who remembers the history of Europe... and an attack on the remnants of the welfare state. It's hard to interpret the austerity-in-the-midst-of-recession policy as anything other than attack on the social contract.” HardStatesRememberSocialGrowthDangerousPolicyEuropeWelfareMidstContractsThreateningRecessionsXenophobiaWelfare StateRemnantsAusterityUltrasSocial Contract Author:Noam Chomsky
“And when you say the policies are what caused this war - American policies - that's not to say that they're wrong. It's not to say that the policies were made by madmen or evil people. It's simply to say that you better understand the motivation of your enemy if you're going to defeat him. And the man who is motivated by a belief that his religion is being attacked by a superpower is much more dangerous than a man who's mad at you because you have women in the workplace.” PeopleIfsMenMadeWarMotivationEvilBeliefEnemyDangerousPolicyHe ManMadDefeatMotivatedWorkplaceMadmenSuperpowerEvil People Author:Michael Scheuer
“So what we have is an American foreign policy that is inextricably linked to domestic matters. It is very dangerous for a politician who desires nothing more than to stay in office to address the mindset that any change in policy is appeasement. And Americans will accept that for a certain amount of time.” MatterDesireCertainAcceptingDangerousPolicyAmountPoliticianOfficeMindsetAddressesForeign PolicyLinkedAppeasementAmerican Foreign Policy Author:Michael Scheuer
“I would never say they look exactly the same, but what I would say is that the differences are not enough to save your job, to save your life, or to save the planet. And what we have right now is a race to the bottom, between the greater and lesser evil. [Donald] Trump is a very dangerous and despicable demagogue. However, you know, policy for policy, Hillary's [Clinton] are also extremely dangerous.” KnowsLooksEnoughJobsEvilDifferencesRaceGreaterDangerousPolicyPlanetsTrumpRight NowClintonBottomDespicableLesser EvilSave The Planet Author:Jill Stein
“I don't think Donald Trump is an ideologue, so it's not really his policies that I think are going to maybe fire people up. It's his rhetoric and, you know, his willingness to wield power in a manner that can be potentially exploitative and dangerous.” PeopleThinkingKnowsFireDangerousPolicyTrumpWillingnessRhetoricIdeologues Author:Megyn Kelly
“You wouldn't know that if you talked to Human Rights Watch or Amnesty International or some of the international activist organizations. Certainly you wouldn't know that if you were talking to some of the writers who criticize our drone policy. But I've actually told my staff it's probably good that they stay critical of this policy, even though I think right now we're doing the best that we can in a dangerous world with terrorists who would gladly blow up a school bus full of American kids if they could.” IfsThinkingKnowsWorldHumansKidsSchoolTalkingWatchesRightsDangerousPolicyRight NowOrganizationInternationalHuman RightsBlowCriticalTerroristCriticizeActivistBusStaffDronesAmnestyDangerous WorldSchool BusAmnesty International Author:Barack Obama
“Policies are designed to undermine working class organization and the reason is not only the unions fight for workers' rights, but they also have a democratizing effect. These are institutions in which people without power can get together, support one another, learn about the world, try out their ideas, initiate programs, and that is dangerous. That's like a referendum in Greece. It is dangerous to allow that.” PeopleWorldTryingIdeasReasonTogetherFightingClassSupportRightsEffectsDangerousPolicyProgramOrganizationInstitutionsUnionsWorkersWorking ClassGreeceGet TogetherInitiateReferendumsWorkers Rights Author:Noam Chomsky
“We are in an extremely dangerous situation. It was ignorant and ahistorical for Donald Trump to say that the EU will dissolve. He is a man of very little historical understanding. For example, when he accused his own intelligence community of using Nazi tactics against him, he was actually confusing the Nazis with East Germany's secret police, the Stasi. Trump also has no idea that for 70 years, it has been U.S. policy to support those who want to unite Europe. It is very dangerous that he is turning his back on Europe now.” MenUnderstandingCommunitySecretSituationSupportDangerousPolicyPoliceHistoricalIgnorantNaziConfusingAccused Author:Anthony Glees