#threat

Don't threaten me with love, baby. Let's just go walking in the rain. ↗

— Billie Holiday

#go #just #love #me #rain

Challenges of historic import threaten America's future. Action on the deficit, economy, energy, health care and much more is imperative, yet our legislative institutions fail to act. Congress must be reformed. ↗

— Evan Bayh

#action #america #care #challenges #congress

Filibusters have proliferated because under current rules just one or two determined senators can stop the Senate from functioning. Today, the mere threat of a filibuster is enough to stop a vote; senators are rarely asked to pull all-nighters like Jimmy Stewart in 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.' ↗

— Evan Bayh

#because #current #determined #enough #filibuster

The atmosphere is different in Congress after September 11. Terrorism is no longer an abstract issue, but a real, tangible threat. ↗

— Howard Berman

#after #atmosphere #congress #different #issue

As the United States attorney in Manhattan, I have come to worry about few things as much as the gathering cyber threat. ↗

— Preet Bharara

#attorney #come #cyber #few #few things

Military hardliners called me a 'security threat' for promoting peace in South Asia and for supporting a broad-based government in Afghanistan. ↗

— Benazir Bhutto

#asia #broad-based #called #government #me

So what we're talking about here is human rights. The right to live like a human. The right to live, period. And what we're facing in Africa is an unprecedented threat to human dignity and equality. ↗

— Bono

#africa #dignity #equality #facing #here

Law enforcement officers are never 'off duty.' They are dedicated public servants who are sworn to protect public safety at any time and place that the peace is threatened. They need all the help that they can get. ↗

— Barbara Boxer

#dedicated #duty #enforcement #get #help

The new Congress needs to move quickly to strengthen the Army and Marines - not to send more troops to Iraq - but to rebuild our capacity to meet national security threats globally. ↗

— Mark Udall

#capacity #congress #globally #iraq #marines

Before the war there were many who were more or less ignorant of the international labor movement but who nevertheless turned to it for salvation when the threat of war arose. They hoped that the workers would never permit a war. ↗

— Hjalmar Branting

#before #hoped #ignorant #international #labor