Sentence examples for needs a threat from inspiring English sources

When power needs a threat to justify its exercise, power invariably finds one.

"The government needs a threat in order to justify its existence, and we are a convenient scapegoat, since most people really don't understand what we do.

"I think you need a threat.

More than anything else, they needed a threat, a player other teams have to scheme for.

To justify a $19 billion drug control program you need a threat that touches middle-class voters -- not just the few million mostly wretched, mostly inner-city, mostly nonvoting users of heroin and cocaine.

We needed a threat up front and we did that.

Who needs a nuclear threat, you might ask, when you can have World Peace?

Quine is aware that nuclear science needs a nuclear threat to survive, and in order to forestall irrelevance, some of his colleagues are hellbent on making the world a more dangerous place.

His recent development in spot-up shooting and his proficiency on cuts and hand-offs will pay dividends for the Heat, which desperately needs an offensive threat to pair alongside Dragic.

"Organizations need a layered threat defense working seamlessly across the enterprise to address threats before, during and after an attack," said Eva Chen, CEO of Trend Micro in a statement.

Many of us, though, need a looming threat to finish major work.