“It is impossible to carry the American people along with you on a program of caution to forestall a threatening position.”

— Harold L. Ickes

The Prize (1993 Edition) by Daniel Yergin. Original source was Roosevelt's papers, as listed in The Prize's Bibliography.

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American politician 1874–1952

Joe Orton (1933–1967) English playwright and author

What the Butler Saw (1969), Act I

“I think all that has to be vetted in a way that errs on the side of protecting the American people. If there's a chance that someone may be inclined to be an enemy of the country, then I think you have to err on the side of caution.”

Ron DeSantis (1978) Florida politician

Rep. Ron DeSantis on refugee debate: 'Err on side of protecting the American people' http://www.foxnews.com/transcript/2015/11/27/rep-ron-desantis-on-refugee-debate-err-on-side-protecting-american-people.html (November 26, 2015)

“In the moment when you become serious about solidarity with the Vietnamese, when you become intent on weakening the American position everywhere in the world, so that the Vietnamese people derive some benefit… then I really don’t see the difference between the terrorism of the police that we have already experienced in Berlin and are threatened with now and the stormtrooper terror of the Thirties.”

Ulrike Meinhof (1934–1976) German left-wing militant

Stefan Aust, Terrorism in Germany: The Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon http://www.ghi-dc.org/files/publications/bulletin/bu043/45.pdf

“Cromwell: You don't seem to appreciate the seriousness of your position.
More: I defy anyone to live in that cell for a year and not appreciate the seriousness of his position.
Cromwell: Yet the State has harsher punishments.
More: You threaten like a dockside bully.
Cromwell: How should I threaten?
More: Like a Minister of State, with justice!
Cromwell: Oh, justice is what you're threatened with.
More: Then I'm not threatened.”

Robert Bolt A Man for All Seasons

Act II
A Man for All Seasons (1960)

“I caution you as I was never cautioned
you will never let go, you will never be satiated.”

Louise Glück (1943–2023) American poet

Source: "The Sensual World", The Seven Ages (2001)

“One cannot expect positive results from an educational or political action program which fails to respect the particular view of the world held by the people. Such a program constitutes cultural invasion, good intentions notwithstanding.”

Paulo Freire book Pedagogy of the Oppressed

Source: Pedagogy of the Oppressed

“Walk a single path, becoming neither cocky with victory nor broken with defeat, without forgetting caution when all is quiet or becoming frightened when danger threatens.”

Kanō Jigorō (1860–1938) Japanese educator and judoka

Source: Kodokan Judo (1882), p. 25

“We thought that the proletariat would eventually run the world. But it is the Americans who have assumed that position… The American people have changed.”

Mengistu Haile Mariam (1937) Former dictator of Ethiopia

As quoted in "Mengistu blames Meles for helping Eritrea at UN to split Ethiopia: Mengistu Haile-Mariam speaks", in Jimma Times (30 July 2010) http://www.jimmatimes.com/article/Latest_News/Latest_News/Mengistu_blames_Meles_for_helping_Eritrea_at_UN_to_split_Ethiopia/33629

“We will destroy you,” the Flyboys droned. “You have no escape.” That was the most imaginative, threatening thing the whitecoats had programmed these ’droids to say? “Talk about lame,” Fang muttered.”

James Patterson (1947) American author

Source: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports

“Killer asteroids are nature's way of asking, 'How's that space program coming along?'”

Michio Kaku book The Future of Humanity

Anonymous

Headline quote at the beginning of Chapter 3, "Mining the Heavens," page 54.
The Future of Humanity (2018)

“It is impossible to carry the American people along with you on a program of caution to forestall a threatening position.”

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