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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.

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In 2008, when the global financial crisis struck, it was a bad year for a lot of developing countries, and it manifested itself in consumer confidence.

Quotes by Adi Godrej

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The stuff that's going on is just so over-the-top, with the banking crisis and destroying the Gulf of Mexico, and the outrage hasn't quite caught up with the people yet. But when it does, I think you're going to see...

Quotes by Adam McKay

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Ever since the economic crisis in 2008, millions of people have accepted cuts in all sorts of things - from real wages and living standards to benefits and hospital care - without any real opposition. The cuts may be right,...

Quotes by Adam Curtis

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Politicians used to have the confidence to tell us stories that made sense of the chaos of world events. But now there are no big stories, and politicians react randomly to every new crisis - leaving us bewildered and disorientated.

Quotes by Adam Curtis

Breakdown Quotes

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Events keep happening that seem inexplicable and out of control. Donald Trump, Brexit, the War in Syria, the endless migrant crisis, random bomb attacks.

Quotes by Adam Curtis

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Fashion is never in crisis because clothes are always necessary.

Quotes by Achille Maramotti

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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.

Abraham Lincoln

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You have to take it seriously that the economy is in crisis.

Quotes by Abhijit Banerjee

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It is undeniable that the looming environmental crisis is partly the consequence of population growth.

Quotes by Abhijit Banerjee

Collapse Quotes

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Whenever you have a crisis, you're always going to have the extremists taking advantage of the situation.

Quotes by Abdullah II of Jordan

Whether the subject is an economy, a generation, or a single difficult year, these lines treat crisis as something to get through rather than something to fear outright. Related pages include Collapse and Breakdown.