crisis

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

Here comes 40. I'm feeling my age and I've ordered the Ferrari. I'm going to get the whole mid-life crisis package.

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

Early childhood education is an urgent educational, economic and moral imperative. Without it, we face a long-term national economic security crisis.

The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.

The issue with international institutions is that there is a crisis of legitimacy. Trust in these institutions is a serious problem.

I understand the damage the expenses crisis has done to Parliament, and the paramount importance of restoring trust in our politics.

Seeds of faith are always within us sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth.

Good leaders need a positive agenda, not just an agenda of dealing with crisis.

Mr. Speaker, our Nation must no longer be complacent about underage drinking and its alarming consequences. We must bring this national public health crisis out of the shadow and into the bright light of a national priority.

America's health care system is in crisis precisely because we systematically neglect wellness and prevention.

An entire nation, it seemed, was standing in one long breadline, desperate for even the barest essentials. It was a crisis of monumental proportions. It was known as the Great Depression.

In fighting the debt crisis, E.U. countries have enhanced co-operation and carried out reform with tremendous courage. This is laudable.

I believe that it is irresponsible, it is basically part of the crisis of leadership in D.C. to not look at Social Security and understand that there has got to be a solution posed. We've got to take a look at it and make sure that we create a solution so our seniors aren't left out in the cold.

The war and terrorism in the Middle East, the crisis of leadership in many of the oil-supply countries in the developing world, the crisis of global warming - all these are very clearly tied to energy.

Whose leadership, whose judgment, whose values do you want in the White House when that crisis lands like a thud on the Oval Office desk?

There is a crisis of leadership and governance in Africa, and we must face it.

We also can't try to take over and rebuild every country that falls into crisis. That's not leadership; that's a recipe for quagmire, spilling American blood and treasure that ultimately weakens us. It's the lesson of Vietnam, of Iraq - and we should have learned it by now.