“If we do not change our negative habits toward climate change, we can count on worldwide disruptions in food production, resulting in mass migration, refugee crises and increased conflict over scarce natural resources like water and farm land. This is a recipe for major security problems.” IfsProblemWaterNaturalLandSecurityHabitConflictMajorsMassResourcesNegativeCrisisClimateClimate ChangeProductionsFarmsRefugeeRecipesScarceNatural ResourcesDisruptionMigrationRefugee CrisisFood ProductionScarce Resources Author:Michael Franti
“Technology will make available to the leaders of major nations, techniques for conducting secret warfare, of which only a bare minimum of the security forces need be appraised.....techniques of weather modification could be employed to produce prolonged periods of drought or storm.” NeedsForceNationsSecretLeaderTechnologySecurityProducePeriodsMajorsAvailableStormTechniqueWeatherWarfareMinimumEmployedDroughtConductingModificationSecurity Forces Author:Zbigniew Brzezinski
“From coast to coast, the FBI and Securities and Exchange Commission have ensnared people not only at hedge funds, but at technology and pharmaceutical companies, consulting and law firms, government agencies, and even a major stock exchange.” PeopleGovernmentLawCompanyTechnologySecurityMajorsFirmAgencyFundCoastFbiConsultingPharmaceuticalStock ExchangeHedge FundGovernment AgenciesLaw FirmsPharmaceutical Companies Author:Preet Bharara
“All the real money in investment will have to be made as most of it has been in the past not out of buying and selling but out of owning and holding securities, receiving interests and dividends therein, and benefiting from their long-term increases in value. Hence stockholder's major energies and wisdom as investors should be directed toward assuring themselves of the best operating results from their corporations. This in turn means assuring themselves of fully honest and competent managements.” ShouldMeanLongHas BeensMadeRealPastValuesTurnsEnergyTermInterestResultsHonestSecurityMajorsIncreaseManagementInvestmentSellingCorporationsLong TermBuyingInvestorsReceivingCompetentDividendsBuying And Selling Author:Benjamin Graham
“Working together, America's military, Iraqi security forces and the Iraqi people have won a major battle in the war on terrorism.” PeopleWarTogetherAmericaForceSecurityMilitaryBattleMajorsTerrorismWorking TogetherWar On TerrorWar On TerrorismSecurity Forces Author:Paul Ryan
“My major focus is national security because that's really what the president runs.” RunningPresidentFocusSecurityMajorsNational Security Author:Rudy Giuliani
“As Ethiopia goes, so goes the whole Horn of Africa - a region where instability can have major security and humanitarian implications for the United States and Europe.” StatesWholeUnitedUnited StatesSecurityMajorsEuropeHumanitarianRegionsHornsImplicationsInstabilityEthiopiaHorn Of Africa Author:Eskinder Nega
“The abuse of the veto power has become so predictable that frequently resolutions are not even tabled because of the certainty of a veto against their adoption. Necessary discussion is thereby suppressed. Concerted action by the Security Council, the General Assembly and other United Nations agencies is necessary to prevent major human rights violations, stop ongoing breaches and provide remedies to victims.” HumansActionNationsUnitedRightsSecurityMajorsAbuseVictimHuman RightsCertaintyDiscussionAgencyResolutionRemedyAdoptionUnited NationsCouncilOngoingViolationPredictableAssemblyBreachVetoSecurity CouncilGeneral Assembly Author:Alfred-Maurice de Zayas
“We had very good discussions on current security challenges and NATO's continued adaptation to meet them. Canada is a committed ally and a capable contributor to international security. We appreciate your quick decision to deploy forces, planes and ships to strengthen our collective defence in view of Russia's aggressive actions in Ukraine, as well as your contribution to the international anti-ISIL coalition. Canada plays a major part in our decision-making and helps keep the vital bond between Europe and North America strong.” WellsPlayHelpingActionAmericaStrongForceChallengesDecisionViewsSecurityMajorsCapableEuropeAppreciateVery GoodInternationalCurrentsCommittedRussiaShipsPlanesDiscussionContributionCanadaCollectivesDecision MakingAlliesAggressiveNational SecurityAdaptationDefenceUkraineCoalitionsNatoNorth AmericaContributorsAppreciate YouIsilQuick Decisions Author:Jens Stoltenberg
“From the Medicare prescription drug plan to the creation of the Department of Homeland Security and the passage of No Child Left Behind, President Bush presided over a major expansion of the reach of government.” ChildrenGovernmentLeftPresidentBehindsPlansSecurityCreationDrugMajorsDepartmentPassagesExpansionLeft BehindPresident BushHomelandPrescriptionsMedicarePrescription DrugsHomeland SecurityNo Child Left BehindDepartment Of Homeland Security Author:Chuck Todd
“The TSA is under fire for major security lapses. The TSA has let through pipe bombs, knives, and the last three Nicolas Cage movies.” LastsThreeFireSecurityMajorsBombsKnivesCagesPipeLapsesTsa Author:Conan O'Brien
“Without a deal [with Iran], the international sanctions regime will unravel with little ability to reimpose them. With this deal, we have the possibility of peacefully resolving a major threat to regional and international security. Without a deal, we risk even more war in the Middle East and other countries in the region would feel compelled to pursue their own nuclear programs, threatening a nuclear arms race in the most volatile region in the world.” WorldFeelsLittlesWarCountryAbilityDealsRaceRiskMiddleSecurityPossibilityArmsMajorsProgramThreatInternationalEastNuclearPursueRegionsIranRegimesMiddle EastOther CountriesNational SecurityThreateningCompelledSanctionsArms RaceNuclear ArmsNuclear Arms Race Author:Barack Obama
“The Patriot Act removed major legal barriers that prevented the law enforcement, intelligence, and national defense communities from talking and coordinating their work to protect the American people and our national security.” PeopleLawCommunityTalkingSecurityProtectMajorsDefenseBarriersPatriotNational SecurityLaw EnforcementEnforcementNational DefensePatriot ActCoordinating Author:Jon Porter
“Abstraction has always been around, since the drawings in the caves. It exists in all cultures all over the world. I thought for a while that it was going to be the major movement. But people always drift back to realism. I guess there is a certain security in that.” PeopleWorldCertainCultureSecurityMovementMajorsDrawingRealismCavesAbstraction Author:Brice Marden
“Edward Snowden may not be a Chinese mole, but he might as well be. He's just handed Beijing a major score, while the NSA struggles to pick up the pieces - and the rest of us pay the price in terms of future national security.” WellsMayMightTermPayStrugglePiecesSecurityMajorsPicksChineseScoreNational SecurityNsaPay The PriceMolesBeijingSnowden Author:Arthur L. Herman
“The September 11 attacks were major atrocities. . . . This was a horrendous crime . . . The primary victims . . . were working people: janitors, secretaries, firemen, etc. It is likely to prove to be a crushing blow to Palestinians . . . It is also likely to lead to harsh security controls, with many possible ramifications for undermining civil liberties and internal freedom.” PeopleLibertySecurityCrimeProveMajorsVictimBlowPrimariesCrushEtcInternalsPalestinianSeptemberSecretaryHarshSeptember 11AtrocitiesCivil LibertiesUnderminingFiremanRamificationsJanitor Author:Noam Chomsky
“There are major efforts being made to dismantle Social Security, the public schools, the post office - anything that benefits the population has to be dismantled. Efforts against the U.S. Postal Service are particularly surreal.” MadeSchoolSocialEffortSecurityOfficeBenefitsMajorsPopulationPostsSocial SecurityPublic SchoolSurrealPost OfficePostal Service Author:Noam Chomsky
“They're all tied together: taxes, Medicare, Social Security, and the debt. We've got to have a setting of priorities, and looking at it - at each of them as disconnected, I think, doesn't properly address these major challenges.” ThinkingTogetherSocialChallengesSecurityTaxesMajorsDebtPrioritiesSettingSettingsAddressesTiedSocial SecurityMedicareDisconnected Author:John McCain
“Climate change will impact most heavily on the disadvantaged. If we don't address these impacts, as well as growing income inequalities, we are marching blindly toward major breakdowns in security, governance, and public welfare.” IfsWellsGrowingSecurityMajorsImpactClimateClimate ChangeIncomeInequalityWelfareAddressesGovernanceBreakdownIncome InequalityDisadvantagedPublic Welfare Author:Wesley K. Wark
“Due to the major demographic changes we have gone through in the last few years in this country, we will be a majority/minority nation and there are a large number of people who do not like that. Donald Trump has tapped into those people's fears because he comes from the extreme right wing part of the Republican Party, as does Ted Cruz. They believe that we should cut taxes to wealthy Americans and enforce anti immigrant laws. They don't believe in Education or Social Security, they would end it and change it and privatize it.” PeopleShouldYearsBelieveDoeEndsCountryLastsLawNationsSocialPartyNumbersGoneCuttingSecurityTrumpRepublicanTaxesMajorsMajorityWingsDon't BelieveExtremesDuesMinoritiesImmigrantsWealthyRepublican PartySocial SecurityRight WingLarge NumbersDemographicsCruz Author:Debbie Wasserman Schultz
“I've worked with 10 presidents. It's a record. I worked with Republicans and Democrats. All of them when it came to Israel were, movingly, friendly. From Truman, who was the first to recognize Israel 11 minutes after the U.N. resolution, to Obama. When it comes to the major issues of security and strategy, we are together, completely.” FirstsTogetherPresidentIssuesRecordsMinutesSecurityRepublicanMajorsStrategyDemocratIsraelFriendlyResolutionTruman Author:Shimon Peres
“I returned to Kabul after a 27-year absence. I came away with some optimism but not as much as I had hoped for. The two major issues in Afghanistan are a lack of security outside Kabul (particularly in the south and east) and the powerful warlords ruling over the provinces with little or no allegiance to the central government. The other rapidly rising concern is the narcotic trade which, if not dealt with, may turn Afghanistan into another Bolivia or Colombia.” IfsYearsMayLittlesTwoGovernmentTurnsPowerfulIssuesSecurityMajorsConcernOptimismTradeSouthEastAbsenceRisingAfghanistanRulingAllegianceProvincesColombiaNarcoticsBoliviaKabulCentral GovernmentWarlords Author:Khaled Hosseini
“Now we characterise Russian-Chinese relations as a strategic partnership, even a special strategic partnership. We have never had such a level of trust with China before. China is our major trade and economic partner among foreign states. We implement joint multi-billion projects. We cooperate not only within the UN Security Council, which is logical, as both China and Russia are permanent members of the UN Security Council, but also within such regional organisations as the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, BRICS, etc.” StatesLevelsEconomicSpecialSecurityMembersProjectsMajorsRelationTradeChinaPartnersBillionsRussiaChinesePermanentEtcLogicalCooperationPartnershipCouncilJointsStrategicOrganisationSecurity CouncilShanghaiBrics Author:Vladimir Putin
“The problem of insufficient security was, until quite recently, a matter of a minority; now it is becoming very quickly a majority matter. That is a major change.” MatterProblemSecurityBecomingMajorsMajorityMinoritiesInsufficientMajor Change Author:Zygmunt Bauman
“Once writing has become your major vice and greatest pleasure only death can stop it. Financial security then is a great help as it keeps you from worrying.” WritingHelpingPleasureWorrySecurityMajorsFinancialVicesGreatest PleasuresFinancial Security Author:Ernest Hemingway
“My hope is that we can get a Republican-Democratic agreement on how we strengthen Social Security as well as looking at some of these other major expenditures that we have that we've got to deal with to make sure that we're not just leaving you guys with a mountain of debt.” WellsGuySocialDealsSecurityRepublicanMountainMajorsDemocraticLeavingDebtAgreementSocial SecurityExpenditures Author:Barack Obama
“Education makes us the human beings we are. It has major impacts on economic development, on social equity, gender equity. In all kinds of ways, our lives are transformed by education and security. Even if it had not one iota of effect [on] security, it would still remain in my judgment the biggest priority in the world.” IfsWorldWayHumansKindStillsSocialHuman BeingsOur LivesEconomicEffectsSecurityDevelopmentJudgmentMajorsImpactGenderPrioritiesAll KindsTransformedEquityEconomic Development Author:Amartya Sen
“There is no doubt that the Fed's large-scale asset purchases have caused major increases in a number of asset prices in the economy. This is especially true of mortgage backed securities and corporate bonds, and quite possibly of equities as well. For those people and institutions holding those things, the run up in prices has been a wealth bonanza.” PeopleWellsHas BeensRunningWealthNumbersEconomyDoubtSecurityMajorsIncreaseInstitutionsScalesCorporateNo DoubtFedsAssetsEquityMortgageLarge ScaleCorporate Bond Author:Gerald Epstein
“'Dilbert' became popular during the downsizing of the '90s, and job security was a major theme of the strip.” JobsSecurityMajorsThemeDownsizingDilbert Author:Scott Adams
“When we think of the major threats to our national security, the first to come to mind are nuclear proliferation, rogue states and global terrorism. But another kind of threat lurks beyond our shores, one from nature, not humans - an avian flu pandemic.” ThinkingMindFirstsHumansKindStatesSecurityMajorsThreatTerrorismNuclearShoreNational SecurityFluRoguesProliferationPandemicsNuclear Proliferation Author:Barack Obama