- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
Crisis Quotes
Lines written from the middle of hard times.
The quotes collected here range from reflections on historic struggles for freedom to commentary on financial downturns and the pressures facing young people today. Together they show a crisis as both a breaking point and, sometimes, a starting point. See also Danger for a related mood.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Order
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- Nov 07, 2020
The administration is manufacturing a crisis that does not exist in order to dismantle Social Security.
- Financial Crisis
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- Nov 07, 2020
The financial crisis is a stark reminder that transparency and disclosure are essential in today's marketplace.
- Economic Security
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- Nov 07, 2020
Early childhood education is an urgent educational, economic and moral imperative. Without it, we face a long-term national economic security crisis.
- Bearable
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- Nov 07, 2020
Democracy has always been in crisis: democracy is all about practicing the art of bearable dissatisfaction. In democratic societies, people often complain about their leaders and their institutions. The gap between the ideal democracy and the existing one cannot be bridged.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
The crisis of democracy in the West is not the result of falling in love with another system. In Europe and America people who are disillusioned with democracy do not dream about the Chinese model or any other form of authoritarian rule. They do not dream about government that controls Internet and puts in prison those daring to disagree.
- Exploited
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- Nov 07, 2020
Racism is always there underneath, but usually it is exploited in these times of economic crisis, and it's hard to find out when one slides into another.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was going through a crisis once, so I went to therapy because I was so unbearable for myself.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
The crisis that the world finds itself in as it swings on the hinge of a new millennium is located in something deeper than particular ways of organizing political systems and economies.
- Control
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Chinese government tried to keep a lid on the SARS crisis, but there were 160 million text messages in three days sent by Chinese citizens. These are early indications that it's going to be difficult for people who used to have control over the news to maintain that level of control.
- Isolation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Civil war is a national crisis and also a private trauma: We suffer it collectively and in isolation.
- Diffusion
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- Nov 07, 2020
The widespread diffusion of nuclear weapons would make many nations able, and in some cases also create the pressure, to aggravate an on-going crisis, or even touch off a war between two other powers for purposes of their own.
- Better Chance
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- Nov 07, 2020