#threat

You or I might think that at least one would show courage and put up a fight. But neither you nor I have suffered as they, and even we have born witness in silence to lesser ills under less dire threat. Yet, in the face of evil, to sit silent is an even greater evil. Complacency is ever the enabler of darkest deeds; ↗

— Robert Fanney

#courage #enablement #evil #fantasy #fight

Our lives are led, and our decisions made, within a network of needs and wants, some natural, some arising from the acts of others, some aggravated by the acts of the state. We are all bored, or threatened, or tantalized in differing degrees by a perilous world, some hostile people, and a not very sensitive government. ↗

— Carl Cohen

#boredom #coercion #experiment #government #justice

If you don't remove your hands immediately, I will render you unable to biologically maintain life. ↗

— Kaede Kouchi

#threats #life

I know you love her. I’ve never seen you act this crazed in your life. I get that. But Nan hates her. If you love Blaire then protect her from the venom that is dripping from your sister’s fangs. Or I will. ↗

— Abbi Glines

#threat #life

As I saw it, a little threatening was a good thing. It kept the men on their toes. ↗

— Tahir Shah

#threat #men

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened. ↗

— Maya Angelou

#ideals #incredible #men #prepared #their

I went to dance classes from 9 in the morning until 1, then to school from 3 to 10 at night, always under the threat that if I failed a single course I could forget about dancing. ↗

— Victoria Abril

#always #classes #could #course #dance

But in the first Gulf war the United Kingdom was not under any threat from Iraq, and is still less so in the second one. Then there is no justification for obstructing freedom of information, particularly as nations have a right to know what their soldiers are being used for. ↗

— Kate Adie

#being #being used #first #freedom #gulf

Every time I went on TV I got a threat. ↗

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

#every time #got #i #threat #time

It is natural that we should always expect an Israeli attack, even when it does not threaten. ↗

— Bashar al-Assad

#attack #does #even #expect #israeli