“For in a government of laws and not of men, no man, however prominent or powerful, and no mob however unruly or boisterous, is entitled to defy a court of law. If this country should ever reach the point where any man or group of men by force or threat of force could long defy the commands of our court and our Constitution, then no law would stand free from doubt, no judge would be sure of his writ, and no citizen would be safe from his neighbors.” IfsMenShouldLongCountryGovernmentWould BeLawForcePowerfulDoubtGroupsJudgingCitizensSafeConstitutionCourtThreatNeighborCommandEntitledProminentUnrulyBoisterous Author:John F. Kennedy
“There are only a few safe targets left, just a few groups of people you can say anything negative about without getting in trouble for it. I've made a list of safe targets and I probably ought to stick to those. Politicians, for instance. You can say anything you want about them, and it doesn't matter how unfair you are. People seem to like it.” PeopleWantMadeMatterSeemsLeftTroubleGroupsOughtPoliticianSafeNegativeSticksListsInstanceTargetUnfairSay Anything Author:Andy Rooney
“If you write what you know about, you will always be on safe ground. I am very edgy and nervous about going into territories I know nothing about. That's why you don't find much high finance, group sex, or yachting parties in my stories.” IfsKnowsWritingStoriesSexPartyGroupsSafeFinanceNervousTerritoryEdgy Author:Maeve Binchy
“My abortion was so long ago I didn't think I needed help. I hoped God had forgiven me but I hadn't realized I didn't forgive myself. After attending this safe, nurturing group I know that I am forgiven and set free.” ThinkingKnowsLongHelpingGroupsNeededSafeForgivingAbortionLong AgoForgivenNurturingAttendingNeeded Help Author:Barbara
“We depend on manly characteristics to keep us safe. Every single one of the dead firemen heroes on 9/11 were men. This was one group where liberals didn't ask why there wasn't a more pleasing gender balance, because the Upper West Side is not fireproof. What happens in combat in some distant field is abstract to liberals, but they can understand the need to have strong, brave men in their fire department.” MenNeedsHappensAsksStrongSidesFireGroupsFieldsDependsHeroBalanceSafeBraveWestGenderAbstractCharacteristicsDepartmentCombatManlyBrave ManFiremanWest SideFire Department Author:Kate O'Beirne
“One of the lessons we've learned from the last 25 years of terrorism is that groups that have safe havens are able to develop external attack capabilities in a way that groups that don't have safe havens are not. So we need to find a way to squeeze them significantly in their safe haven. Taking away territory that really matters to them is really, really important because it prevents them from focusing on external attacks.” WayNeedsYearsImportantMatterAbleLastsGroupsHavensLessonsSafeTerrorismTerritoryCapabilitySafe Haven Author:Michael Morell
“This deep insecurity has been going on for a while. I mean I picked it up in 2014 sitting in focus groups of women who were feeling terrified, not just about that ISIS was coming, but terrified that their children couldn't be safe at school, terrified about what was happening in Ferguson and other places.” MeanChildrenHas BeensFeelingsSchoolFocusGroupsSafeHappeningsSittingInsecurityTerrifiedIsisFergusonFocus Groups Author:Chuck Todd
“It's interesting, once I have convinced people that, yes, I have a sister with a mental disability, the retard jokes really dry up, so I'm not sure how much retard humor is really going on out there, but I imagine there's a lot because it's a pretty safe group to make fun of. It's not like the Retards of America are gonna rise up and organize a protest. They're not gonna write letters. They only just recently got the Supreme Court to stop executing them.” PeopleWritingAmericaFunInterestingImagineGroupsSafeJokesLettersCourtConvincedSupremeNot SureDryProtestDisabilityOrganizeSupreme CourtRetardExecutingDry Up Author:Bonnie McFarlane
“If a legislator is safe from competition, or if he represents groups with the same economic and political beliefs, he does not have to change his ideas or respond to the needs of the broader population. He can rest content with a mediocre, absentee performance knowing he will be returned to office. And as he is returned year after year the seniority system gives him immense control over people from other parts of the country whose views he need not heed at all.” PeopleIfsNeedsGivingYearsDoeIdeasCountryPoliticalBeliefViewsKnowingGroupsEconomicSafeOfficePerformancesCompetitionPopulationImmenseMediocreHeedLegislatorsPolitical BeliefsSeniority Book:Decisions for a Decade: Policies and Programs for the 1970s Source: Decisions for a Decade: Policies and Programs for the 1970s
“So there are two separate tracks. One track is for the Syrian government and the opposition that is interested in a peaceful future of Syria to come together for national unity, for the political process. At the same time, it is a requirement for everybody to stop supporting the extremist groups, to stop allowing them safe passage, to stop allowing them to receive weapons, to stop allowing them to receive financial assistance, and to come together in actually fighting them.” TwoGovernmentTogetherPoliticalFightingProcessGroupsSafeWeaponsUnityFinancialTrackPeacefulOppositionAllowingPassagesSyriaRequirementsAssistanceExtremistNational UnityExtremist GroupsFinancial Assistance Author:Mohammad Javad Zarif