Nothing is less suspenseful than a threat that threatens the maker of the threat at least as much as the subject of the threat. Congress hasn't learned this yet, but America has learned it over and over.
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Related Threat is in the eye of the beholder. MOHAMED ELBARADEI The threat of any intensification is over. STACY STEWART Intimidation by extreme rhetoric and the threat of physical violence threatens judges as well as the... LOUIS BUTLER The defendant later made good on that threat, at least as far as shooting Bob Mast. BOB SLOMSKI If there isn't at least the threat of violence in art, it tends to be kind of tiresome. TELLER The Bill of Rights was intended to secure freedom of speech - the freedom of speech of members of pa... WILLIAM HAGUE Women agonize over cancer; we take as a personal threat the lump in every friend's breast. MARTHA WEINMAN LEAR But despite this shared perception of the threat, there is disagreement over the most effective mean... HENRY CRUMPTON I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES The world is ruled by violence, or at least the imminent threat of violence. It always has been. JOHN MALKOVICH Europe looks at China as more of a strategic partner than a competitive threat so it has stayed more... STEPHEN ROACH If we engage in a conflict that we know this is a threat to America, we should make it so one-sided ... KEVIN MCCARTHY 'Social engineering,' the fancy term for tricking you into giving away your digital secrets,... BARTON GELLMAN I view that as more of a threat than this seismic event they're talking about. DANTE NOMELLINI Bolshevism presented itself as an economic threat to themselves at the same time that Nazism present... CARROLL QUIGLEY If the flag of an armed enemy of the U.S. is allowed to fly over government buildings, then it impli... AMIRI BARAKA The greatest threat facing America today is the disastrous fiscal policies of our own government, ma... RON PAUL The threat remains as clear and manifest as it has ever since last July. IAN BLAIR I believe that justice is instinct and innate; the moral sense is as much a part of our constitution... THOMAS JEFFERSON This worm is a medium threat in terms of its distribution, but in terms of the damage it can create,... ART GILLILAND The threat remains as clear and manifest as it has ever since last July. IAN BLAIR It's very important for Americans to put the size of this threat in perspective, ... Just as it is a... BOB KERREY I believe that justice is instinct and innate, the moral sense is as much a part of our constitution... THOMAS JEFFERSON We still live with this unbelievable threat over our heads of nuclear war. I mean, are we stupid? Do... KEVIN COSTNER Despite the previous efforts of Congresses, our addiction to foreign oil, as the President stated, i... JIM COSTA We're looking at it as a possible terrorist threat. BILL ELWELL Tropical-force winds are still quite capable of substantial damage. As the winds come down, the rain... JAMIE RHOME I am concerned that some people might have gotten in over their heads with this. It's hard to see th... CATHY MINEHAN The threat to the planet is us. It's actually not a threat to the planet - it's a threat to us. MARGARET ATWOOD It is the first threat of this kind in ages. LARRY MARSHALL The greatest threat to freedom, as well as the most formidable enemy of it, is a supported cause aga... DON WILLIAMS JR The threat of the warrant, I think, possesses them to go ahead and give up that information over the... DANNY DELOACH The greatest threat to freedom, as well as the most formidable enemy of it, is a supported cause aga... DON WILLIAMS, JR Today's reckless allegation by Senator Kerry that the president is overemphasizing the threat of ter... MARC RACICOT The greatest threat to freedom, as well as the most formidable enemy of it, is a supported cause aga... DON WILLIAMS JR Once a politician says a nation is a 'threat' to the Japanese people, then something must be done to... ICHIRO OZAWA The threat exists. We're trying to extinguish that threat. JULIA DIXON It was a stretch, for sure, but we didn't change our way of working. The fact is we knew China was a... ARNAULT CASSANET Bush administration officials, of course, deny that they didn't take the threat urgently enough,... PETER L. BERGEN Most consumers believe that the threat is less than it is and the protection they have is better tha... ANDREW BURKE The threat from Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction - chemical, biological, potentially n... TONY BLAIR This is not a policy of indifference. This is a policy of additional restraint. Contrary to what the... DAVID RESLER As a member of Congress, I am part of a large group of elected officials who remain clear-eyed about... MIKE POMPEO The threat is real, and it comes from the Internet. This is a new generation of terrorist. This is n... MIKE MCCAUL For every level of threat there will be a level of preparedness, ... It is a system that is equal to... TOM RIDGE Anywhere in Latin America there is a potential threat of the pathology of caudillismo and it has to ... NOAM CHOMSKY As long as this disease exists anywhere that it's a threat everywhere, DICK THOMPSON There is no place in the world which is somehow exempt from the threat of terrorism. It is a threat ... MIKE RANN Sometimes conflict is necessary in the short term to achieve peace through the threat of aggression,... MICHAEL ANCRAM Fundamentalism of any kind, be it religious, atheistic, political or educational, is the greatest th... ABHIJIT NASKAR has not been demonstrated to pose a threat worthy of war at this time. SCOTT RITTER Osteoporosis, as the third threat, is particularly attributable to women's physiology. GRO HARLEM BRUNDTLAND It has a potential threat to property later this afternoon. CAMERON WADE Then it was the threat of communism; now it's the threat of terrorism - though I think terrorism is ... GRANT HESLOV You or I might think that at least one would show courage and put up a fight. But neither you nor I ... ROBERT FANNEY It?s a threat to life as we know it. JAMES ZACHOS When Britain and the U.S. invaded Iraq, it was with the reasonable expectation that it was going to ... NOAM CHOMSKY Aerodynamics is mathematics for those who haven't learned to do calculus. In my case, too, for o... RICHARD BACH The imminent threat of bankruptcy has been removed. JIM SABOURIN When it passed the Anti-Terrorism Act, congress recognized the threat posed by terrorism financing a... GARY OSEN Biological weapons are no longer a potential threat, but a real threat to the safety and security of... JAMES GILMORE There is some openings on it. We know some product has come out but not the extent that poses a grea... MARK YORK The Biggest Threat to our Democracy, Freedoms and Future is Leadership that fosters and Appeases the... MICHAEL HARRIS There was an implied threat there to the regional manager, and that is why we charged this as an att... ALAN SCHNEIDER The Biggest Threat to our Democracy, Freedoms and Future is Leadership that fosters and Appeases the... MICHAEL HARRIS The threat of terrorism is not stronger than the will of the American people. CHAKA FATTAH This is not a dramatic development, as Israel also favors a Middle East clean of nuclear weapons, wh... DAN GILLERMAN Dudes know I'm not a threat. Chicks know I'm not a threat. KEVIN SMITH The threat of explosives is very real. JENNIFER PEPPIN It is a foregone conclusion that there is no threat of inflation ... the question is not when the Fe... PHILIP BRAVERMAN not a threat to water quality, and it's not a threat to the water supply. It does impact recreation ... GARY MORGAN Iraq, after the fall of Saddam Hussein, is not considered as a threat to its neighbors and the entir... MAHMUD AHMADINEJAD In the Pentagon Papers case, the government asserted in the Supreme Court that the publication of th... ALAN DERSHOWITZ We are horrified at this threat, JAMES BRANDON Recognizing its importance, Aedes aegypti should be studied as a long-term national, regional, and w... FRED LOWE SOPER There isn't a more important issue in the world than global warming. Even the Cold War and the B... SIMON BEAUFOY The personal threat is something that's always been a part of our lives. BUSTA RHYMES BIN has explained openly that a serious threat, even a threat of assassination (of state or politica... ANDI MALLARANGENG Sean O'Connell: Sometimes I don't. If I like a moment, for me, personally, I don't like to have the ... JAMES THURBER We have not yet reached the level of preparedness that we should have. This is a global threat and t... MARKOS KYPRIANOU The terrorist threat is there, and it is at a very high level, NICOLAS SARKOZY As things subside a little and the immediate threat disappears, some of the processing of what actua... ISRAEL LIBERZON Walter Mitty: To see the world, things dangerous to come to, to see behind walls, draw closer, to fi... JAMES THURBER They say that if you voted for Donald Trump, you're a threat to the university community. But th... BETSY DEVOS As a military commander we are behind the threat in that country, C. BLAIR We don't see them as a threat, but possibly as a competitor, DONALD KENNEDY Dengue is not outside the tropical zone, it is not a threat for international public health, ... For... HANS TROEDSSON You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. HENRY JAMES Pakistan has taken very serious note of the threat that has been hurled against Pakistan, ABDUL SATTAR Fear of radiation is a far greater threat to the affected individuals than radiation itself, KALMAN MIZSEI It's not a threat to public safety. It's not a threat to the roadway. It's not a threat to other hou... MARK TOBERT It is standard practice for corrupt leaders who are seeking a certain political outcome to hype or m... NAOMI WOLF It is still a threat. CATHY MULLER The women's movement will present a growing threat to patriarchal religion less by attacking it ... CAROL P. CHRIST As things subside a little and the immediate threat disappears, some of the processing of what actua... ISRAEL LIBERZON I spent my entire Irish Catholic youth in a constant state of guilt over imaginary sins. I learned t... TERRY WOGAN As I've seen over and over again during my career, the best way to deter individual conduct is t... SALLY YATES The greatest threat to peace is the barrage of rightist propaganda portraying war as decent, honorab... JEANNETTE RANKIN What is the Other?" they ask. The Other is the one who taught me whatI should be like, but not ... PAULO COELHO Innovation is the ability to see change as an opportunity - not a threat WOODY ALLEN
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