"There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots - suspicion."

Security, Suspicion

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"There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots - suspicion."

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"Your shield must surpass your weaponry."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Security, Defense, Power, Protection, Wisdom

"Since I speak and write about this a good deal, I am often asked at public meetings, in what sometimes seems to me a rather prurient way, whether I myself or my family have 'ever been threatened' by jihadists. My answer is that yes, I have, and so has everyone else in the audience, if they have paid enough attention to the relevant bin-Ladenist broadcasts to notice the fact."

Christopher Hitchens, American Author

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"We don't like security rules and laws, but without them men will be animals, perhaps the most dangerous animals."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

Security, Rules, Animals, Danger

"Why is it that none of the things I construct ever make me feel safe? The answer lies in the fact that safety can't be created. It can only be found. And the only thing I've found that's never been created is God."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Security, Safety, Faith, Truth, Power

"Most people want security in this world, not liberty."

H. L. Mencken, American Writer

Security, People, Liberty, Want

"The 'pre-emption' versus 'prevention' debate may be a distinction without much difference. The important thing is to have it understood that the United States is absolutely serious. The jihadists have in the past bragged that America is too feeble and corrupt to fight. A lot is involved in disproving that delusion on their part."

Christopher Hitchens, American Author

Security, War, Power, Delusion, Resolve

"Stop seeking security. There is none."

Osho, Indian Philosopher

Security, Freedom

"Ask no guarantees, ask for no security, there never was such an animal.And if there were, it would be related to the great sloth which hangs upside down in a tree all day, every day, sleeping its life away."

Ray Bradbury, American Writer

Security, Risk, Life, Freedom

"Weaponry is a fear-raising idea."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Security, Fear, Weapon, Truth, Power

"We'll try to include Iraqi officers in our staffs. We will do everything we can to empower Iraqi security forces to stand up on their own and operate where they can alone."

John Abizaid, American Soldier

Security, Will

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"All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action."

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"What we wish, that we readily believe."

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"To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach."

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"As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not; so men are proved, by their speeches, whether they be wise or foolish."

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"No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to his friends, or to the gods."

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"Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states."

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"You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry; for whatever a man's actions are, such must be his spirit."

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"The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them."

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"I am a citizen of the world."

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"Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises."

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