#upheaval

It is development, not poverty, that causes upheaval and terrorism. ↗

— Robert D. Kaplan

#development #poverty #terrorism #upheaval

Bahrain lies at the epicenter of Gulf security and any violent upheaval in Bahrain would have enormous geopolitical consequences. Global economic stability depends on the uninterrupted export of crude oil from the Gulf to markets around the world - a job that historically has been assigned to the U.S. Fifth Fleet. ↗

— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

#around #assigned #bahrain #been #consequences

Perhaps, when we examine the causes of many social changes and political upheavals, we will find the marks of its presence and its principal ideals. ↗

— Ali Hoseini-Khamenei

#changes #examine #find #ideals #many

Many years before I had left a beautiful country and a rich nation and I returned to that country six years later to find it fundamentally changed and in a state of upheaval, and in great spiritual and material need. ↗

— Fritz Sauckel

#beautiful country #before #changed #country #find

To be clear, climate change is a true 800 pound gorilla in the room. The effects of global warming threaten global environmental upheaval over the coming century. But for South Florida and the Everglades, it could be our death knell if urgent action is not taken. ↗

— Debbie Wasserman Schultz

#century #change #clear #climate #climate change

In Europe the various ranks of society are, like the strata of the earth, fixed and fossilized. There can be no great change without a terrible upheaval, a social earthquake. ↗

— Josiah Strong

#earth #earthquake #europe #fixed #great

A knowledge of the forces that rule society, of the causes that have produced its upheavals, and of society's resources for promoting healthy progress has become of vital concern to our civilization. ↗

— Wilhelm Dilthey

#causes #civilization #concern #forces #healthy

We suddenly saw how people reacted in the event of massive social upheaval, and the way that the little problems in your life don't go away. You don't stop being frightened of spiders just because the world's blown up. ↗

— Simon Pegg

#because #being #blown #event #frightened

But through world wars and a Great Depression, through painful social upheaval and a Cold War, and now through the attacks of September 11, 2001, our Nation has indeed survived. ↗

— Nick Rahall

#cold #cold war #depression #great #great depression

As an Independent, she has no party backing... Her being the first Independent president trumps the fact that she's a woman. It causes even more upheaval in Washington than her being female. ↗

— Geena Davis

#being #causes #even #fact #female