“Let me remind you all that the first task of American foreign policy is to reduce threats to the United States.” FirstsStatesUnitedUnited StatesPolicyTasksLet MeThreatForeign PolicyAmerican Foreign Policy Author:Michael Mandelbaum
“A nuclear Iran is a - a dramatic and - and devastating potential threat to the world and to America. And - and all our efforts should be focused on making that our first priority or keeping them from having that nuclear capacity our first priority.” WorldShouldFirstsAmericaEffortCapacityThreatFocusedNuclearPrioritiesDramaticIranNuclear Iran Author:Mitt Romney
“It is a curious situation that the sea, from which life first arose, should now be threatened by the activities of one form of that life. But the sea, though changed in a sinister way, will continue to exist: the threat is rather to life itself.” WayLifeShouldFirstsFormExistenceSituationEnvironmentSeaChangedActivityOceanThreatEnvironmentalCuriousConservationThreatenedOur EnvironmentSinisterEnvironmentalistBiologistMarine LifeSave The EnvironmentOcean SeaSilent SpringOceans And SeasSea LifeThe Wild NatureBeach And OceanBeach OceanOcean ConservationMarine BiologyMarine BiologistWild Sea Book:The Sea Around Us Source: The Sea Around Us
“Whenever you try to do good with someone else's money, you are committed to using force. How can you do good with somebody else's money, unless you first take it away from them? The only way you can take it away from them is the threat of force: you have a policeman, tax collector, who comes and takes it from them.” WayTryingFirstsForceTaxesThreatCommittedPolicemenCollectors Author:Milton Friedman