#threaten

All the aftermath that so frequently follows in the wake of war still confront the nation, and we now, as ever before, must hold fast to the ancient landmarks and see to it that all of these plagues that threaten so mightily shall be rendered harmless. ↗

— Alexander Henry

#ancient #before #confront #ever #fast

He threatens many that hath injured one. ↗

— Ben Jonson

#injured #many #threatens

In days when the public safety is imminently threatened, and the fate of a nation may hang upon a single act, we owe frank speech, above all other men, to him who is highest in authority. I shall speak to you as man to man. ↗

— Robert Dale Owen

#act #authority #days #fate #frank

I was determined to get it right on the pitch. Then, if I had to leave at the end of the season, so be it. I never felt threatened or isolated by the arrangement. We worked together and it worked out. ↗

— Bryan Robson

#determined #end #felt #get #had

Nothing is so threatening to conventional values as a man who does not want to work or does not want to work at a challenging job, and most people are disturbed if a man in a well- paying job indicates ambivalence or dislike toward it. ↗

— Alice S. Rossi

#challenging #conventional #dislike #disturbed #does

Even now there is no evidence that anyone involved in the Nixon operation was going to threaten us. ↗

— Bob Woodward

#even #even now #evidence #going #involved

Those who are made can be unmade. ↗

— Hilary Mantel

#life-lessons #made #threatening #life

If, as is natural, you focus on the corruption and on those threatened institutions that are trying to prevent change - even though they don't really know what they're trying to prevent - then you can get pessimistic. ↗

— Paul Hawken

#corruption #even #focus #get #institutions

At this stage of my life I would rather try and have some small impact within a company and suffer through those things than make such a big stink that nobody can trust to work with you. It's very important in an environment of a big institution that people don't feel threatened that you're going to expose them in any way. ↗

— Gelsey Kirkland

#big #company #environment #expose #feel

The core political values of our free society are so deeply embedded in our collective consciousness that only a few malcontents, lunatics generally, ever dare to threaten them. ↗

— John McCain

#collective consciousness #consciousness #core #dare #deeply