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Crisis Quotes

"Statesmen are not called upon only to settle easy questions. These often settle themselves. It is where the balance quivers, and the proportions are veiled in mist, that the opportunity for world-saving decisions presents itself."

"In this republican country, amid the fluctuating waves of our social life, somebody is always at the drowning point."

"Escape before the earthquake starts."

"Any kind of crisis can be good. It wakes you up."

"The true test of a leader is how well he functions in a crisis"

"Some things never change – there will be another crisis, and its impact will be felt by the financial markets"

"Never let a good crisis go to waste."

"In crises the most daring course is often safest"

"I lost my reputation and I forgot who I was"

"These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman."

"People may call what happens at midlife a 'crisis,' but it’s not. It’s an unravelling a time when you feel a desperate pull to live the life you want to live, not the one you’re ‘supposed’ to live."

"The paradoxical and tragic situation of man is that his conscience is weakest when he needs it most"

"When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity."

"Our civilization is flinging itself to pieces. Stand back from the centrifuge."

"Evils can be created much quicker than they can be cured."

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