Threatened

Famous quotes containing the word threatened:

“This little upset across the water doesn’t mean anything. Threatened men live long and threatened wars never occur.”
—H.G. (Herbert George)

“When one has been threatened with a great injustice, one accepts a smaller as a favour.”
—Jane Welsh Carlyle (1801–1866)

“The most threatened group in human societies as in animal societies is the unmated male: the unmated male is more likely to wind up in prison or in an asylum or dead than his mated counterpart. He is less likely to be promoted at work and he is considered a poor credit risk.”
—Germaine Greer (b. 1939)