#emergency

Multilate. Ha Ha Ha,' said Nusswan, avuncular and willing to pretend it was a clever joke. 'Its all relative. At the best of times, democracy is a see saw between complete chaos and tolerable confusion. You see, to make a democratic omelette you have to break a few democratic eggs. To fight fascism and other evil forces threatening our country, there is nothing wrong in taking strong measures. Especially when the foreign hand is always interfering to destabilize us. Did you know the CIA is trying to sabotage the Family Planning Programme? ↗

— Rohinton Mistry

#democracy #emergency #xenophobia #family

The majority of them give the impression of being men who have been drafted into the job during a period of martial law and are only waiting for the end of the emergency to get back to a really congenial occupation such as slum demolition or debt collecting. ↗

— Alan Brien

#been #being #collecting #congenial #debt

Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#emergency #his #legs #perilous #thinks

I am certain more emergency supplemental bills will be needed before this process is concluded. In fact, there is a point I have repeated several times recently which keeps the enormity of this situation in perspective. ↗

— Jo Bonner

#before #bills #certain #concluded #emergency

Particularly conservative Christians, I was very angry that they were not involved more in the AIDS emergency. ↗

— Bono

#angry #christians #conservative #emergency #i

Anytime a large, emergency spending bill makes its way through Congress, the potential for mischief is great. ↗

— Chris Chocola

#bill #congress #emergency #great #large

I cannot separate the finances of India from those of England. If the finances of the Indian Government receive any severe and irreparable check, will not the resources of England be called upon to meet the emergency, and to supply the deficiency? ↗

— Richard Cobden

#called #cannot #check #deficiency #emergency

If we don't change, millions of American families are just one medical emergency, or one layoff, away from financial disaster and bankruptcy. ↗

— Jim Cooper

#american families #away #bankruptcy #change #disaster

There is something mighty suspicious about declaring an emergency for something that has yet to show itself to be a grand pandemic. ↗

— Billy Corgan

#declaring #emergency #grand #itself #mighty

The border sheriffs are locally elected. They're accountable. They know the territory and the people. And they can respond the most quickly to what is a real national security emergency, because the border is unprotected. ↗

— John Culberson

#because #border #elected #emergency #know