“Having gathered all power to itself, [the State] has become the sole focus of all conflict, and it must construct totalitarian defences to match its total exposure.” StatesDemocracyFocusConflictSoleConstructsExposureDefence Author:Anthony de Jasay
“When we say Bharat Vijay Rally, we intend to focus on making India emerge victorious over price rise, corruption, unemployment and mis-governance.” DemocracyFocusIndiaElectionCorruptionUnemploymentGovernanceBharat Author:Narendra Modi
“Now, here's a good question: should serious people focus on global political instability - terrorism, failing states, nuclear weapons - or should we focus on global climate instability - droughts, floods, extreme weather? Here's the correct answer: yes, both, because climate disruption will make every other national security problem worse.” PeopleShouldStatesProblemRealityPoliticalPoliticsNatureCommunityLeadershipJusticeAnswersDemocracyFocusFailingSecurityPolicySeriousWeaponsEthicsStrategyClimateHuman RightsExtremesTerrorismNuclearWeatherIdeologyForeign PolicyNuclear WeaponsFloodNational SecurityDiplomacyDisruptionDroughtInstabilityGood QuestionsExtreme WeatherPolitical Instability Author:Van Jones
“The technologies for the alternative energy sources exists today. The economics are compelling. The public health is compelling. Why would we maintain a focus on a 17th-century technology, when there are 21st-century alternatives that are both necessary and available? And the answer is the subversion of democracy.” TodayEnergyAnswersTechnologyDemocracyFocusCenturySourceEconomicsAvailableAlternativesCompelling21st CenturyPublic HealthEnergy SourcesSubversion17th CenturyAlternative Energy Author:Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“There's a real danger when people get distracted by peripheral issues. They get distracted by democracy building. They get distracted about military conflicts. We need to focus on defeating jihadism.” PeopleNeedsRealDemocracyIssuesFocusMilitaryDangerBuildingConflictDistracted Author:Ted Cruz
“I am not sure that I know enough about the pre-history of 9/11 to agree or disagree. But I did think at the time that the [George W.] Bush administration took a number of cues from the Israeli government, not only by drawing on and intensifying anti-Arab racism, but by insisting that the attack on US government and financial buildings was an attack on "democracy" and by invoking "security at all costs" to wage war without a clear focus (why the Taliban?), and by suspending both constitutional rights and the regular protocol for congressional approval for declaring war.” ThinkingKnowsWarEnoughGovernmentNumbersDemocracyClearFocusRightsSecurityBuildingCostRacismAgreeFinancialDrawingAdministrationNot SureDisagreeApprovalIsraeliTalibanDeclaringInsistingProtocolConstitutional RightsDeclaring War Author:Judith Butler