“Propelled by freedom of faith, gender equality and economic justice for all, India will become a modern nation. Minor blemishes cannot cloak the fact that India is becoming such a modern nation: no faith is in danger in our country, and the continuing commitment to gender equality is one of the great narratives of our times.” CountryFactsNationsJusticeEconomicModernDangerBecomingCommitmentIndiaGenderOur CountryNarrativeOur TimeMinorsContinuingGender EqualityCloaksEconomic JusticeJustice For All Author:Pranab Mukherjee
“By far the single greatest danger facing humankind - in fact, all living beings on our planet - is the threat of nuclear destruction.” FactsDangerPlanetsDestructionThreatNuclearHumankindOur PlanetNuclear Destruction Author:Dalai Lama
“This intolerable dependence on foreign oil threatens our economic independence and the very security of our nation. The energy crisis is real. It is worldwide. It is a clear and present danger to our nation. These are facts and we simply must face them.” RealFactsFacesEnergyNationsClearEconomicSecurityDangerCrisisIndependenceOilAlternativesDependenceForeign OilEnergy CrisisEconomic Independence Author:Jimmy Carter
“I hear it said that West Berlin is militarily untenable - and so was Bastogne, and so, in fact, was Stalingrad. Any danger spot is tenable if men - brave men - will make it so.” IfsMenSaidFactsDangerBraveWestSpotsBerlinBrave ManStalingradWest Berlin Author:John F. Kennedy
“The fact that the evil ones, as long as they live, can be corrected from their errors does not prohibit that they may be justly executed, for the danger which threatens from their way of life is greater and more certain than the good which may be expected from their improvement.” WayMayLongDoeFactsLife IsCertainEvilGreaterDangerErrorsExpectedImprovementDeath Penalty Book:Summa Contra Gentiles: Book 3: Providence Source: Summa Contra Gentiles: Book 3: Providence
“The most formidable of all the ills that threaten the future of the Union arises from the presence of a black population upon its territory; and in contemplating the cause of the present embarrassments, or the future dangers of the United States, the observer is invariably led to this as a primary fact.” StatesFactsCausesBlackUnitedUnited StatesDangerUnionsPopulationArisePrimariesTerritoryContemplatingObserversEmbarrassmentFormidable Book:Democracy in America Source: Democracy in America
“Because if we make the wrong choice, then the danger is that we'll get hit again, that we'll be hit in a way that will be devastating from the standpoint of the United States, and that we'll fall back into the pre-9/11 mind set if you will, that in fact these terrorist attacks are just criminal acts, and that we're not really at war. I think that would be a terrible mistake for us.” IfsThinkingWayMindWarStatesFactsWould BeChoicesFallUnitedMistakeUnited StatesDangerTerribleCriminalsTerroristStandpointFall BackMind SetTerrorist AttacksWrong Choices Author:Dick Cheney
“You see, my son, it is not a fact that you will never face dangers. Difficulties always come, but they do not last forever. You will see that they pass away like water under a bridge.” FactsLastsFacesWaterForeverDangerSonDifficultyBridgesMy SonPassing Away Author:Sarada Devi
“But even now, after the greatest victory known to history we cannot for one minute forget the basic fact that our country remains the one socialist state in the world. You will speak frankly about this to the collective farmers...Only the most concrete, most immediate danger, which threatened us from Hitlerite Germany, has disappeared.” WorldCountryStatesFactsSpeakForgetKnownMinutesDangerVictoryRemainsOur CountryGermanyCollectivesFarmersConcreteSocialistThreatenedOne MinuteGreatest Victory Author:Mikhail Kalinin
“The very word "secrecy" is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings. We decided long ago that the dangers of excessive and unwarranted concealment of pertinent facts far outweighed the dangers which are cited to justify it. Even today, there is little value in opposing the threat of a closed society by imitating its arbitrary restrictions. Even today, there is little value in insuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it.” PeopleIfsLittlesLongFactsTodayValuesNationsSecretDangerSurvivalTraditionDecidedThreatJustifyLong AgoArbitrarySecrecyRestrictionOathOpposingProceedingImitatingSecret SocietyPertinentConcealment Author:John F. Kennedy