Costly Consequences Quotes

Never in history has so much been done, so fast, for so few, at the expense of so many.

Over the past few years, the road to confrontation has shown its consequences: loss of innocent lives, destruction and fear. Most costly, however, was the loss of hope. The most precious gift that you can present to your peoples over the coming weeks is renewed hope born out of tangible progress on the ground.

The Iranian acquisition of nuclear weapons would be infinitely more costly than any scenario you can imagine to stop it.

To go to law is for two persons to kindle a fire, at their own cost, to warm others and singe themselves to cinders; and because they cannot agree as to what is truth and equity, they will both agree to unplume themselves that others may be decorated with their feathers.

We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap.

Every time history repeats itself the price goes up.

For states that support terror, it is not enough that the consequences be costly-they must be devastating

With climate change, we are living on borrowed time. If we do not address these issues today, it is going to be much more expensive later on, and that is why we need to take action now.