“A recent poll showed that nearly half the American public believes that the government should redistribute wealth. That so many people are so willing to blithely put such an enormous and dangerous arbitrary power in the hands of politicians-\-\risking their own freedom, in hopes of getting what someone else has-\-\is a painful sign of how far many citizens and voters fall short of what is needed to preserve a democratic republic” PeopleShouldBelieveHandsGovernmentFallWealthHalfDangerousWillingNeededCitizensPoliticianDemocraticPainfulEnormousPreservesVotersRepublicArbitraryPollsDemocratic Republic Author:Thomas Sowell
“Killing for ideas is the most dangerous form of killing at all. Being willing to die for your ideas rather than your country is another concept, but dying for an idea, like in religion, is absurd.” IdeasCountryFormDiesDyingDangerousWillingConceptsKillingAbsurdWilling To Die Author:Mick Jagger
“How blind to believe the civil rights movement ever ended. The civil rights movement never ends, and it never will. It has been marching since the beginning of time. Where Martin Luther King started is where Gandhi left off, and where he started, Abe Lincoln left off, and before that Whitfield all the way back to Moses. God has not moved. We have. But it is never too late. We are not at the mercy of these events. We can alter the course of history. We can stand against the dangerous arc of this story. But we need people who are willing to speak truth.” PeopleWayNeedsBelieveHas BeensEndsStoriesCoursesLeftSpeakRightsDangerousEventsMovementWillingKingsLateMercyBlindMovedCivil RightsToo LateLutherMosesCivil Rights MovementSpeak The TruthArcsNever Too LateAbe Author:Glenn Beck
“The idea of a government is to create an ordered, willing work force where there's no trouble. I think idlers are generally seen as potentially dangerous because they're asking questions.” ThinkingIdeasGovernmentForceTroubleDangerousWillingAskingAsking QuestionsIdlers Author:Tom Hodgkinson
“If we want an all-volunteer force, the bottom line is that we're going to have to take care of these people who were willing to do what the bulk of people weren't willing to do. Going to war is dangerous - you can get killed doing it. And the question is, Are the American people willing to recognize the sacrifices of these young people?” PeopleIfsWantWarCareYoungForceLinesSacrificeDangerousWillingBottomTake CareVolunteerBottom LineGoing To War Author:Gordon R. Sullivan
“We have never recognized that Iran lives in a dangerous neighborhood. And it's not surprising that they want some protection. We have not been forthcoming about explaining a security relationship for the region, in which Iran can feel secure and thus maybe willing to do something.” WantFeelsSecurityDangerousWillingProtectionSecureNeighborhoodRegionsIranSurprisingExplainingForthcoming Author:Brent Scowcroft
“If [Respulicans] can't get rid of [Obamacare], they're going to have to tell their base, we've been lying to you for the last five years. So they're willing to go to almost any extent to do that. That's unusual, in fact I think it's unique in the history of modern parliamentary systems. And it's very dangerous for the country and for the world.” IfsThinkingWorldYearsCountryFactsLastsLyingFiveModernDangerousWillingUniqueFive YearsUnusualObamacareParliamentaryLast Five YearsParliamentary System Author:Noam Chomsky
“You are so afraid of losing your moral sense that you are not willing to take it through anything more dangerous than a mud-puddle.” MoralDangerousWillingLosingMudPuddlesMud Puddles Author:Gertrude Stein