“This country has nothing to fear from the crooked man who fails. We put him in jail. It is the crooked man who succeeds who is a threat to this country.” MenCountryPresidentFailingSucceedThreatJailCrooked Book:The Bully Pulpit: A Teddy Roosevelt Book of Quotations Source: The Bully Pulpit: A Teddy Roosevelt Book of Quotations
“It is not better that all felony suspects die than that they escape. Where the suspect poses no immediate threat to the officer and no threat to others, the harm resulting from failing to apprehend him does not justify the use of deadly force to do so. It is no doubt unfortunate when a suspect who is in sight escapes, but the fact that the police arrive a little late or are a little slower afoot does not always justify killing the suspect.” LittlesDoeFactsUseDiesForceDoubtFailingLateSightPoliceThreatKillingHarmNo DoubtJustifySuspectsOfficersUnfortunateFelonyDeadly Force Author:Byron White
“If we fail in this country, it is because we are too timid. If we lose our way in America, it is because we are too complacent. We must become conscious to the real threats before us and act creatively, imaginatively, now. We can no longer look to leadership beyond ourselves.” IfsWayLooksRealCountryAmericaLosesFailingConsciousThreatComplacent Author:Terry Tempest Williams
“Global warming is a deadly threat precisely because it fails to trip the brain's alarm, leaving us soundly asleep in a burning bed.” BrainFailingBedThreatLeavingClimate ChangeBurningGlobal WarmingAlarms Author:Daniel Gilbert
“If you look at great human civilizations, from the Roman Empire to the Soviet Union, you will see that most do not fail simply due to external threats but because of internal weakness, corruption or a failure to manifest the values and ideals they espouse.” IfsHumansLooksValuesFailingCivilizationWeaknessIdealsUnionsThreatCorruptionDuesInternalsEmpiresManifestSovietSoviet UnionRoman EmpireHuman Civilization Author:Cory Booker
“Even the strongest personality will regress and eventually may disintegrate if there is no incentive (other than threat of punishment) for the work he does. When there is no feeling to accomplishment, children fail to develop properly and old people rapidly decline.” PeopleIfsMayChildrenDoeFeelingsWorkFailingPersonalityThreatPunishmentAccomplishmentStrongestDeclineOld PeopleIncentives Author:Joe Whitney
“I have been threatened occasionally. But that happens to everybody who is writing this kind of things. Threats will come without fail. It might happen to the most 'innocent' texts. If it gets too much we call the police.” IfsWritingKindHas BeensMightHappensToo MuchFailingPoliceThreatInnocentThreatened Author:Steig Larsson
“The advance of human freedom - the great achievement of our time, and the great hope of every time - now depends on us. Our nation - this generation - will lift a dark threat of violence from our people and our future. We will rally the world to this cause by our efforts, by our courage. We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail.” PeopleWorldHumansNationsCausesDarkEffortHistoryViolenceFailingGenerationsDependsAchievementThreatLiftsOur TimeOur FutureTireThis GenerationGreat AchievementHuman FreedomGreat Hope Author:George W. Bush
“If we look to our responsibility to the generations yet unborn who will come after us, how can we fail to recognize that peace and freedom are inextricably bound up one with another and that the threat to one is a threat to both” IfsLooksResponsibilityFailingGenerationsThreatBoundsUnborn Author:Winston Churchill
“As international support for Obama's decision to attack Syria has collapsed, along with the credibility of government claims, the administration has fallen back on a standard pretext for war crimes when all else fails: the credibility of the threats of the self-designated policeman of the world.” WorldWarSelfGovernmentDecisionSupportFailingCrimeStandardsClaimsThreatInternationalAdministrationFallenSyriaCredibilityPolicemenPretextWar CrimesWhen All Else Fails Author:Noam Chomsky