Emergency Quotes

Sovereign is he who decides on the exception.

When my country, into which I had just set my foot, was set on fire about my ears, it was time to stir. It was time for every man to stir.

Freedom of the press, printing, publication and mass media shall be guaranteed. Censorship on newspapers is forbidden as well as notifying, suspending or cancelling them by administrative methods. In a state of emergency or in time of war a limited censorship may be imposed on the newspapers, publications and mass media in matters related to public safety or purposes of national security in accordance with the law.

Oh my God. My God. It’s all over.

The Nation trembled on the brink. Events moved with such speed that it was necessary to decide to act on the instant, as each successive crisis arose.

Hope is not like a lottery ticket you can sit on the sofa and clutch, feeling lucky.... hope is an ax you break down doors with in an emergency.

I knew that my niece was working nearby with some bank, so my wife rang up the mother and the mother called back to say that shes just called up to say she was alright.

Now, when our nation to ruin's brink is verging, let us speak while there is time! Now, when the padlocks for our lips are forging. Silence is crime!

Disaster can take a nation by surprise, slowly, and then all at once.

While most of us are trying to be more frugal, the loss of a job, a divorce, or a medical emergency can quickly sink us deeply into debt.

I knew that nobody but a luckless man could ever need a doctor in the face of a cyclone.

When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.

If you're in the middle of the ocean with no flippers and no life preserver and you hear a helicopter, this is music. You have to adjust to your needs at the moment.

Do I have to use my feet? Can I knock the window out with my head?

We do not pray at all until we are at our wits' end.

No matter what time it is, wake me, even if it's in the middle of a Cabinet meeting.

Only a catastrophe gets our attention. We want them, we depend on them. As long as they happen somewhere else.

When you're running down the street on fire, people get out of your way!

You just activated a nuclear warhead, my friend.

There is a limit to the application of democratic methods. You can inquire of all the passengers as to what type of car they like to ride in, but it is impossible to question them as to whether to apply the brakes when the train is at full speed and accident threatens.

France is perilously close to its final moments.

There are in the United States many persons of Japanese extraction whose loyalty to the country, even in the present emergency is unquestioned. It would therefore be a serious mistake to take any action against these people.

When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream.

We must be the great arsenal of democracy. For us this is an emergency as serious as war itself. We must apply ourselves to our task with the same resolution, the same sense of urgency, the same spirit of patriotism and sacrifice as we would show were we at war.

Last week my tie caught on fire, some guy tried to put it out with an axe.