"Security is a double-edged sword: While a fence sure protects the fenced, it also imprisons the protected."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Security, Power, Wisdom, Truth

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"Security is a double-edged sword: While a fence sure protects the fenced, it also imprisons the protected."

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"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."

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"For Lebanon to have any future, gotta adopt a resolute policy v/s terrorism. Whoever plots against the land should bear the consequences."

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"F.B.I and C.I.A use coded words.... Don't be stupid, remove everything which shows the location. Good Luck Killer :)!"

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

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"Safety is not a destination that we reach for, rather it is a retreat that we escape to. And if our lives are marked by the incessant search for safety, we will live the whole of it going in reverse."

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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

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"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

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"I respectfully suggest the propriety of having stationed at the arsenal a full company of U. S. troops, that they may be made available in any emergency, from fire, insurrection, or any thing else."

Thomas L. Smith, American Explorer

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"I tapped my cup to his, grateful to have found Shaun, because for a minute there, I'd thought I was going to have to save myself. Instead, I'd wandered into the protective care of a sexy older man."

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