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Threat Quotes

Words on danger, warning, and what we fear will change.

This collection of threat quotes ranges from global security concerns to the more personal idea that advice itself can carry an implicit warning. Related reading: our Advice quotes.

There is no greater threat to America than Islam.

Quotes by William G. Boykin

Change is no threat to culture.

Quotes by Wade Davis

The threat from extreme weather events highlights the importance of investing in preparedness.

Quotes by Sheri Fink

Apprehension is natural, but it must not be concluded that it is a threat. Certainly not.

Quotes by Sellapan Ramanathan

Advice Quotes

The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself.

Quotes by Saul Alinsky

My links to WikiLeaks and Edward Snowden mean I am treated as a threat and can't return to the U.K.

Quotes by Sarah Harrison

Well, Israel, obviously, thinks of the Iranian nuclear program as an existential threat to Israel.

Quotes by Robert M. Gates

We are protecting civilians. We are unarmed. We are no threat to you. Please do not shoot.

Quotes by Rachel Corrie

The U.S. might have diminished al-Qaeda's capabilities in the border region of Pakistan and Afghanistan, but it has not diminished the threat from radical Islamist terrorists as a whole.

Quotes by Pete Hoekstra

Afghanistan Quotes

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Adults under threat feel like children.

Quotes by Martha Beck

We do not want to live under the yoke of the threat of Islamic fundamentalism.

Quotes by Marine Le Pen

After all it really is all of humanity that is under threat during a pandemic.

Quotes by Margaret Chan

What we do not know, we often fear. What we do not understand, we fear. And what we fear becomes a threat.

Quotes by Malcolm Fraser

After Quotes

ISIL is dangerous. They're a threat. They're a brutal, horrible force that needs to be dealt with.

Quotes by Lois Frankel

Communists are great capitalists, so there is no threat anymore.

Quotes by Lech Walesa

Al-Qaida is a worldwide organization. It's a continuous threat.

Quotes by Jose Rodriguez

A piece of advice always contains an implicit threat, just as a threat always contains an implicit piece of advice.

Quotes by Jose Bergamin

Pilots are not the threat.

Quotes by John Pistole

Ale Quotes

Osteoporosis, as the third threat, is particularly attributable to women's physiology.

Quotes by Gro Harlem Brundtland

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Frequently Asked Questions

Are all these threat quotes about global danger?
No, they range from large-scale geopolitical concerns to a more philosophical idea that even advice can carry an implicit threat within it.
Is there a quote about organized international threats?
Yes, one references a worldwide organization treated as an ongoing, continuous danger rather than a single event.
Do any quotes push back against the idea of threat itself?
One quote flips the concept, arguing that change by itself doesn't endanger a culture, challenging the assumption that new things are automatically dangerous.
How does advice connect to threat in this topic?
One quote plays with the idea that giving advice and issuing a warning are closely linked acts. See our Advice quotes for more on that theme.
Does this topic touch on regional or national security?
Yes, one quote makes a sweeping claim about a specific belief system being viewed as a major threat, reflecting a strongly held personal opinion rather than a factual claim.

Whether the subject is cultural change or organized danger abroad, these lines show how differently the word 'threat' gets used depending on the stakes. See also our After quotes.