Crises Quotes

The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in times of great moral crisis maintain their neutrality

Hunker down like a jackass in a hail storm and wait till the wind stops blowing.

… you only find out who is swimming naked when the tide goes out..

Everybody is friends when things are bad enough.

Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel until the emergency comes, until self-preservation strikes its jarring gong—these are the features which constitute the endless repetition of history.

The crises that has overtaken Europe not of Europe only but of humanity and will not pass like other crises and wars, leaving the essential structure of the present day world intact.

This is the time that tries men’s souls, and many probably will be found wanting.

The Nation trembled on the brink. Events moved with such speed that it was necessary to decide to act on the instant, as each successive crisis arose.

Blessed is that country whose soldiers fight for it and are willing to give the best they have, the best that any man has, their own lives, to preserve it, because they love it. Such an army the United States has always commanded in every crisis of its history.

We have a crisis in confidence because we have an absence of leadership.

Our elite is primarily and increasingly managerial. A managerial elite manages. A crisis, unfortunately, requires thought. Thought is not a management function.

London is the greatest city in the world, but we're at a crossroads. Ordinary Londoners have been priced out of our city because of the housing crises. We're a city that's growing in population, but the infrastructure can't cope with the growth.

We are willing enough to praise freedom when she is safely tucked away in the past and cannot be a nuisance. In the present, amidst dangers whose outcome we cannot foresee, we get nervous about her, and admit censorship

I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.

I can imagine no greater disservice to the country than to establish a system of censorship that would deny to the people of a free republic like our own their indisputable right to criticize their own public officials. While exercising the great powers of the office I hold, I would regret in a crisis like the one through which we are now passing to lose the benefit of patriotic and intelligent criticism.

Maintaining the law in a time of war is virtually impossible.

Each crisis brings its word and deed.

All the more reason we need to stand up for our democracy now. If we're going to solve the crises that are barreling down on us, we need democracy, and our democracy needs to start with an open and inclusive debate. That doesn't mean 20 candidates. There are four candidates who are on the ballot for just about every voter in America.

Throughout Pixar's history, we've had major meltdowns and crises. It's happened throughout our history: you reach a certain point, it doesn't work, and you start all over again.

A guilty party is being sought. Such action is a favorite means of consolation in the face of calamity.

We will have more crises and none of them will look like this because no two crises have anything in common except human nature.

It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed.

Now the Americans will realize what we in England have lived through these many years.

Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.

There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.