“Behind the deceptive words designed to entice people into supporting violence -- words like democracy, freedom, self-defense, national security -- there is the reality of enormous wealth in the hands of a few, while billions of people in the world are hungry, sick, homeless.” PeopleWorldSelfHandsRealityWealthBehindsDemocracyViolenceSecuritySickDefenseBillionsHungryEnormousHomelessNational SecuritySelf DefenseDeceptiveDemocracy Freedom Book:You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times Source: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times
“When divorces meant marriage no longer provided security for a lifetime, women adjusted by focusing on careers as empowerment. But when the sacrifice of a career met the sacrifices in a career, the fantasy of a career became the reality of trade-offs. Women developed career ambivalence.” RealityCareersFantasySacrificeSecurityMetsEmpowermentTradeLifetimeDivorceAmbivalenceTrade Offs Author:Warren Farrell
“So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more dangerous to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future.” PeopleMenGivingMindMayRealitySpiritSituationSecurityDangerousCircumstancesUnhappySecurePeace Of MindHorizonConformityInitiativeConservatismAdventurousJoy Of LifeNew ExperiencesLife Is An AdventureInspirational AdventureLife AdventureAdventure And LifeAdventurous LifeRoad LifeUnhappy LifeSpirit Of AdventureMonotonous LifeAdventurous Spirit Author:Christopher McCandless
“Most men are like me. They cannot live in a universe where the most bizarre thought can in one second enter into the realm of reality--where, most often, it does enter, like a knife in a heart.” MenHeartDoeRealityUniverseSecurityDangerLike MeRealmsKnivesBizarre Author:Albert Camus
“Development is a fundamental part of our national security. It is extreme poverty - the realities of access to water and food - which creates the long-term drivers of our insecurity. Most wars are fought over scarce resources, and that is going to accelerate in the future.” LongWarRealityTermWaterPovertySecurityDevelopmentResourcesFundamentalsExtremesAccessLong TermInsecurityDriversNational SecurityScarceAccelerateExtreme PovertyScarce ResourcesAccess To Water Author:Rajiv Shah
“Now, here's a good question: should serious people focus on global political instability - terrorism, failing states, nuclear weapons - or should we focus on global climate instability - droughts, floods, extreme weather? Here's the correct answer: yes, both, because climate disruption will make every other national security problem worse.” PeopleShouldStatesProblemRealityPoliticalPoliticsNatureCommunityLeadershipJusticeAnswersDemocracyFocusFailingSecurityPolicySeriousWeaponsEthicsStrategyClimateHuman RightsExtremesTerrorismNuclearWeatherIdeologyForeign PolicyNuclear WeaponsFloodNational SecurityDiplomacyDisruptionDroughtInstabilityGood QuestionsExtreme WeatherPolitical Instability Author:Van Jones
“. . . in one sense a foundation is a security blanket: If you meticulously follow the rules laid down, no paradoxes or contradictions will arise. In reality there is now no guarantee of this sort of security . . .” IfsRealitySecurityFoundationAriseGuaranteesContradictionParadoxBlanket Book:Mathematics, form and function Source: Mathematics, form and function
“The reality is that [Barack] Obama has some 15 countries in the current Libya coalition. President Bush put together close to 50 countries for the Afghan coalition, some 40 countries for the Iraqi coalition, more than 90 countries for the Proliferation Security Initiative and over 90 countries in the Global War on Terror.” WarCountryRealityTogetherPresidentSecurityCurrentsTerrorBarackInitiativePresident BushCoalitionsWar On TerrorLibyaProliferationAfghan Author:Donald Rumsfeld
“A criminal is a person with predatory instincts who has not sufficient capital to form a corporation.Most government is by the rich for the rich. Government comprises a large part of the organized injustice in any society, ancient or modern.Civil government, insofar as it is instituted for the security of property, is in reality instituted for the defence of the rich against the poor, and for the defence of those who have property against those who have none.” PersonsRealityGovernmentFormPoorRichModernSecurityCapitalismPropertyInstinctInjusticeAncientCriminalsCorporationsSufficientOrganizedDefencePredatory Author:Adam Smith
“The three most disastrous inventions of our time have been the birth control pill, the camera and nuclear weaponry. The first offers sex in terms of sterility, the second reality in terms of fantasy, and the third security in terms of destruction.” FirstsHas BeensRealityThreeSexTermFantasySecurityBirthOffersDestructionThirdsCamerasNuclearInventionOur TimeNuclear WeaponsPillsBirth ControlWeaponryBirth Control Pills Author:Malcolm Muggeridge
“[E]ncouraging the Muslim world, and particularly the Arab Muslim world, which is the heart of the global terrorist threat - to adopt democratic ways and to shine the light of liberty into its culture of medieval darkness is a pragmatic necessity for the future security of the civilized world. That is the reality behind the President's address. Only people in serious denial can be blind to this fact. Only liberals.” PeopleWorldWayHeartFactsRealityLightCulturePresidentBehindsLibertyDarknessSecuritySeriousBlindShiningThreatDemocraticTerroristDenialAddressesCivilizedMedievalPragmaticMuslim World Author:David Horowitz
“The Senate was holding hearings on deceptive sweepstakes practices. These companies target the elderly, making them think they're going to get a bunch of money, when in reality they never see any of it. The most popular of these scams is called Social Security.” ThinkingRealitySocialCompanyPracticeSecurityHearingBunchTargetSenateSocial SecurityElderlyDeceptiveScamsSweepstakes Author:Colin Quinn
“The reality of today from a cyber security point of view - I think some of the top people predict that the next big war is fought on cyber security.” PeopleThinkingWarBigsRealityTodayNextViewsSecurityPoint Of ViewCyberCyber Security Author:Tim Cook
“The reality is today most of our political leaders want to be treated as gods and semi-gods, from the security details to the fuss around them and so on.” WantRealityTodayPoliticalLeaderSecurityDetailsTreatedPolitical Leaders Author:Kumi Naidoo
“The reality is that the Republicans twice had Mitt Romney as a potential nominee. They chose him in 2008 - 2012. In 2008 and 2012, he had been the most get tough on illegal immigrants, on undocumented immigrants, illegals, as he called them, accused John McCain of wanting to give them Social Security checks, accused Mike Huckabee selling out to them with the DREAM Act in Arkansas, was really the most strident.” GivingDreamRealitySocialSecurityRepublicanToughChecksSellingImmigrantsIllegalSocial SecurityAccusedMikeRomneyMccainIllegal ImmigrantsArkansasSelling OutUndocumented ImmigrantsDream Act Author:Mark Shields
“The main thrust of the Social Security reform was to get the benefit structure in line with the realities of the Trust Funds.” RealitySocialLinesSecurityBenefitsStructureReformFundSocial SecurityThrustTrust Funds Author:George W. Bush
“The reality is that Qatar is an ally of the United States. There are a significant number of American troops that are stationed in Qatar. What we did for them and do for them is security for their facilities.” StatesRealityUnitedNumbersUnited StatesSecuritySignificantAlliesTroopsFacilityAmerican TroopsSignificant NumbersQatar Author:Rudy Giuliani
“Everything [Ronald Reagan] got, the tax cuts, he had Democrats outnumbering him in the House and Senate everywhere. There were certain realities that he faced. But the biggest tax increase on Social Security was authored by none other than Bill Clinton.” RealityCertainHouseSocialCuttingSecurityTaxesIncreaseBillsClintonDemocratSenateSocial SecurityTax CutsTax Increases Author:Rush Limbaugh