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  • Any judicial nominee who has said that the Constitution means what it says, not what judges would like it to mean, is going to be called an 'extremist.' That person will be said to be 'out of the mainstream.' But the mainstream is itself the problem.

  • Population growth is exceeding farmers' ability to keep up...Our oldest enemy, hunger, is again at the door.

    Doors   Growth   Enemy  
  • What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents.

    Robert F. Kennedy (1967). “The quotable Robert F. Kennedy”
  • In every community there are little knots of fantastic extremists who loudly proclaim that they are striving for righteousness, and who, in reality, do their feeble best for unrighteousness. Just as the upright politician should hold in peculiar scorn the man who makes the name of politician a reproach and a shame, so the genuine reformer should realize that the cause he champions is especially jeopardized by the mock reformer who does what he can to make reform a laughingstock among decent men.

    Reality   Men   Names  
    Theodore Roosevelt (2012). “The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses”, p.22, Courier Corporation
  • More information and more communications foster world peace and understanding. But connecting extremist nut cases together on the Web - whatever flavor extremism they are - is a really bad thing. More information may not be a good thing, either.

    Source: www.sfgate.com
  • Just as Lincoln got contradictory advice from the extremists of both sides . . . so now I have to guard myself against the extremists of both sides.

  • We have to understand how the extremists got the way they are. Without that kind of understanding, we'd never really get to know them. I put in nothing about their childhoods. But what I have put in is stuff about the weird symbiotic relationship between us and them.

  • If we follow the traditional way of thought, there will always be traditional enemies. Extremist circles from both sides will find causes to give rise to problems.

  • Religion is very easy and whoever overburdens himself in his religion will not be able to continue in that way. So you should not be extremists, but try to be near to perfection and receive the good tidings that you will be rewarded; and gain strength by worshipping in the mornings, the nights.

  • Richard [Carrier] takes the extremist position that Jesus of Nazareth never even existed, that there was no such person in history. This is a position that is so extreme that to call it marginal would be an understatement; it doesn't even appear on the map of contemporary New Testament scholarship.

    Jesus   Would Be   Maps  
    YouTube Channel "drcraigvideos"/"Did Jesus Rise from the Dead? (William Lane Craig vs Richard Carrier)", www.youtube.com. December 24, 2010.
  • How we think about terrorism has to be defined and specific enough that it doesn't lead us to think that any horrible actions that take place around the world that are motivated in part by an extremist Islamic ideology is a direct threat to us or something that we have to wade into.

    Islamic   Thinking   Wade  
    Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com
  • There are "extremists" in the free software world, but that's one major reason why I don't call what I do "free software" any more. I don't want to be associated with the people for whom it's about exclusion and hatred.

    People   Hatred   World  
    "Microsoft Patches Linux; Linus Responds" by Christopher Smart, www.linux-mag.com. July 22, 2009.
  • There are a certain number of extreme behaviours led by fundamentalists who are using their religion for political ends and use extremist techniques.

    "Can Jean-François Copé save France from anti-Muslim extremism?" by Angelique Chrisafis, www.theguardian.com. March 24, 2011.
  • In 1988, when democracy was restored, the military establishment was still very powerful. The extremist groups were still there. And when the aid and assistance to Pakistan was cut, we had to adopt harsh economic policies. So in a way, it showed that democracy doesn't pay, and the military was able to reassert itself.

    Interview With Richard N. Haass, www.cfr.org. August 15, 2007.
  • As long as a white man does it, it's alright, a black man is supposed to have no feelings. But when a black man strikes back he's an extremist, he's supposed to sit passively and have no feelings, be nonviolent, and love his enemy no matter what kind of attack, verbal or otherwise, he's supposed to take it. But if he stands up in any way and tries to defend himself, then he's an extremist.

    Men   White Man   Long  
    "The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975". Documentary, www.imdb.com. 2011.
  • If someone says, 'No, no, no, the earth is round!', they think this person is an extremist. That's what it's like for someone with my right-of-centre views working inside the BBC.

    Thinking   Views   Earth  
  • I take a very simple view that a violent extremist at some point previously been an extremist, and by definition is an extremist, so you do need to look at that non-violent extremism.

    Simple   Views   Needs  
    "'The Conservative Party's always stood in every seat, and I think it's important to us.'". Interview with Paul Goodman and Mark Fox, conservativehome.blogs.com. February 16, 2011.
  • Some liberal interest groups have come out in full force and have attempted to paint Judge [Samuel] Alito to be an extremist and to be an activist. They've criticized a nominee who has, from what I see described by these lawyers and fellow judges, a reputation of being a restrained jurist committed to the rule of law and the Constitution.

    Law   Judging   Groups  
    U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court, www.washingtonpost.com. January 9, 2006.
  • Let's not leave an educational vacuum to be filled by religious extremists who go to families who have no other option and offer meals, housing and some form of education. If we are going to combat extremism then we must educate those very same children.

  • If you want government to intervene domestically, you’re a liberal. If you want government to intervene overseas, you’re a conservative. If you want government to intervene everywhere, you’re a moderate. If you don’t want government to intervene anywhere, you’re an extremist.

  • Some extremists take elements of the sacred scriptures out of context.

    "Faith and the future" by Yusuf Islam, www.theguardian.com. September 18, 2001.
  • Women and girls are bearing the brunt of extremists that revel in treating them barbarically. This is inextricably linked to our overall failure to prevent and end conflicts worldwide, which is causing human suffering on an unprecedented level.

    Girl   Suffering   Levels  
    "Angelina Jolie's powerful speech about ending sexual violence against women across the globe" by Evan Bartlett, www.indy100.com. June 14, 2015.
  • It is impossible to have a Jewish, democratic state and at the same time to control all of Eretz Israel. If we insist on fulfilling the dream in its entirety, we are liable to lose it all. Everything. That is where the extremist path takes us.

    Dream   Israel   Path  
    "Sharon narrowly survives attempt to oust him as Likud leader" by Chris McGreal, www.theguardian.com. September 16, 2005.
  • I think Obama sees everything through one lens. Doing nothing in the face of the slaughter in Syria is not only shameful, it is unrealistic. This approach leaves Syria as a broken country and a breeding ground for extremists for decades.

    Source: www.spiegel.de
  • I thanked the President [George W. Bush] for the steadfastness and resolve with which he's tackling the very complicated problems in the Middle East and Iraq, as well as the Israel-Palestinian issue.... It's critical for us in Southeast Asia that America does that.... because it affects America's standing in Asia and the world, and also the security environment in Asia because extremists, the jihadists, watch carefully what's happening in the Middle East and take heart, or lose heart, depending on what's happening.

    Heart   Israel   Iraq  
    "President Bush Welcomes Prime Minister Lee of Singapore to the White House". The White House Press Release, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. May 04, 2007.
  • Athletes are extremists. When they're training, it's laser focus.

    "Will you still medal in the morning?" by Sam Alipour, www.espn.com. July 8, 2012.
  • You're always going to have extremists in every religion.

  • It is important to understand that there are two separate battles taking place in Iraq: there is the political rift between the Sunnis, Shia and the Kurds and there is a foreign extremist group - ISIS - trying to take advantage of the political environment through violence. If the Iraqis can resolve their political differences, it will be far more difficult for ISIS to thrive. Moving forward, we should continue to evaluate additional steps to help combat ISIS as we see what the Iraqis are willing to do politically, but we must also firmly guard against mission creep.

    Military   Moving   Isis  
  • In America, one of our two major parties is dominated by extremists dedicated to destroying the social contract, and the other party has been so enfeebled by two decades of collaboration with the donor class it can offer only feeble resistance to the forces that are devastating everyday people.

    Party   Class   Two  
    Source: progressive.org
  • The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be... The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.

    Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1968). “I Have a Dream: The Quotations of Martin Luther King, Jr”
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