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• If you don't believe ... Saddam Hussein is a threat with nuclear weapons, then you shouldn't vote for me.

  John F. Kerry

  Believe, Nuclear, Hussein

  "War issue presents challenge for Dem candidates" by Jill Lawrence, usatoday30.usatoday.com. February 11, 2003.

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• Since its very inception, Israel has been a threat.

  Bashar al-Assad

  Israel, Inception, Has Beens

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• I mean, there was a serious international effort to say to Saddam Hussein: 'You're a threat'. And the 9/11 attacks accentuated that threat, as far as I'm concerned.

  George W. Bush

  Mean, Effort, Hussein

  Speech on Iraq, www.foxnews.com. December 12, 2005.

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• The liberal wing of the feminist movement may have improved the lives of its middle- and upper-class constituency--indeed, 1992 was the Year of the White Middle Class Woman--but since the leadership of this faction of the feminist movement has singled out black men as the meta-enemy of women, these women represent one of the most serious threats to black male well-being since the Klan.

  Ishmael Reed

  Men, Years, Class

  Ishmael Reed (1995). “Airing Dirty Laundry”, Perseus Books

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• My central arms control objective has been to reduce substantially and ultimately to eliminate nuclear weapons and rid the world of the nuclear threat. The prevention of the spread of nuclear explosives is to additional countries is an indispensable part of our efforts to meet this objective. I intend to continue my pursuit of this goal with untiring determination and a profound sense of personal commitment.

  Ronald Reagan

  Country, Determination, Commitment

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• Nuclear weapons are so destructive and ballistic missiles are so swift, that any substantially increased possibility of their use or any sudden change in their deployment may well be regarded as a definite threat to peace.

  John F. Kennedy

  Deployment, Weapons, Nuclear

  Cuban Missile Crisis Address to the Nation, delivered 22 October 1962

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• I’ve never argued against any technology being used when you have an imminent threat, an active crime going on. If someone comes out of a liquor store with a weapon and fifty dollars in cash, I don’t care if a drone kills him or a policeman kills him.

  Rand Paul

  Technology, Drones, Liquor Stores

  "Drone warfare politics change in Washington". "All In with Chris Hayes", www.nbcnews.com. April 24, 2013.

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• Even if we give first priority to the destruction of terrorist networks, and even if we succeed, there are still governments that could bring us great harm. And there is a clear case that one of these governments in particular represents a virulent threat in a class by itself: Iraq. As far as I am concerned, a final reckoning with that government should be on the table.

  Al Gore

  Government, Class, Iraq

  "A Commentary on the War Against Terror: Our Larger Tasks". Address to the Council on Foreign Relations, February 12, 2002.

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• My interest is that there is a disconnect between the science and the size of the threat that people mention about nature, the planet and the climate, and the emotion that this triggers. So we are supposed to be extremely frightened people, but despite that we appear to sleep pretty well.

  Bruno Latour

  Sleep, People, Climate

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• A little threat of evil is always the far better way to fill the seats. But sometimes the monsters aren't who we think they are.

  Brad Meltzer

  Thinking, Evil, Monsters

  Brad Meltzer (2009). “The Book of Lies”, p.225, Hachette UK

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• Iran's continued pursuit of nuclear weapons, support for international terrorist organizations, and abhorrent human rights practices pose one of the greatest threats to global security.

  Allyson Schwartz

  Rights, Iran, Practice

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• An infinite God ought to be able to protect himself, without going in partnership with State Legislatures. Certainly he ought not so to act that laws become necessary to keep him from being laughed at. No one thinks of protecting Shakespeare from ridicule, by the threat of fine and imprisonment.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Thinking, Law, Able

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.312, Library of Alexandria

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• We have reason to feel good, but it's also a threat to feel too good and I will pay attention that that doesn't happen.

  Sebastian Vettel

  Feel Good, Attention, Pay

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• The police came to me to say I had death threats and that I had to be careful!

  Heather Mills

  Police, Be Careful, Careful

  Interview with Fiona Phillips, www.news.com.au. October 31, 2007.

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• And y'know what they decided the number one threat was? The destructive and disruptive capability of a small group. That's what they're worried about most... they're terrified of a small group with a committed goal.

  Brad Meltzer

  Fear, Numbers, Goal

  Brad Meltzer (2011). “The Inner Circle: The Culper Ring Trilogy 1”, p.291, Hachette UK

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• From the prophets' dreams of the time when nations would beat their swords into plowshares to today's aspirations of a nuclear-weapons-free world, we have sought to avoid armed conflict and not yield to despair in the search for universal peace. The nuclear threats from Iran, North Korea, and terrorists can only be overcome through international cooperation. We call upon Congressional leaders and those worldwide to join together to ensure the fulfillment of these long-overdue initiatives and the achievement of a safer future without nuclear weapons.

  David Saperstein

  Dream, Religious, Yield

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• We favor a strong nonproliferation program that emphasizes diplomacy, reliance on multilateral regimes, controls on nuclear materials, and cooperative nuclear threat reduction.

  George W. Bush

  Religious, Strong, Nuclear

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• I will never cower before any master nor bend to any threat.

  Dean Alfange

  Masters, Common Man

  Who's who in America: 43rd Edition, 1984-1985, Volume 1, (p. 42), 1984.

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• Beyond the borders of wealthy countries like the United States, in developing countries where most people in the world live, the impacts of climate change are much more deadly, from the growing desertification of Africa to the threats of rising sea levels and the submersion of small island nations.

  Amy Goodman

  Country, Impact, Islands

  Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan (2012). “The Silenced Majority: Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope”, p.96, Haymarket Books

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• The moment anyone tries to demean or degrade you in any way, you have to know how great you are. Nobody would bother to beat you down if you were not a threat.

  Cicely Tyson

  Greatness, Deep Thought, Trying

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• I think for the U.S. government the Sandinistas represented a threat to their dominance of Latin America.

  Bianca Jagger

  Latin, Thinking, Government

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• I grew up in a sport that didn't allow you to grow up. There was always the threat of younger competition. So you had to maintain the image of youth.

  Cathy Rigby

  Sports, Growing Up, Competition

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• Please go on, make your threats. I don't like to submit to mere implication.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  History, Historical, Goes On

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• Isn't a policy of conventional weapons, with the terrible bombs raining down, with the missiles, with the aircraft, with the submarines, with the torpedoes, with the tanks, with chemical weapons - isn't that based on the possibility of threat?

  Margaret Thatcher

  War, Rain, Tanks

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• We call on the Senate to reject any judicial nominee who does not affirm fundamental civil rights, including a woman's right [to obtain an abortion on demand]. The threat an [pro-life] judiciary poses to women's lives demands nothing less.

  Susana Martinez

  Rights, Pro Life, Abortion

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