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In no direction that we turn do we find ease or comfort. If we are honest and if we have read more
In no direction that we turn do we find ease or comfort. If we are honest and if we have the will to win we find only danger, hard work and iron resolution.
Better be despised for too anxious apprehensions, than ruined by too confident security.
Better be despised for too anxious apprehensions, than ruined by too confident security.
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole read more
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either read more
Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.
Security is not the absence of danger, but the presence of God, no matter what the danger.
Security is not the absence of danger, but the presence of God, no matter what the danger.
Security is the priceless product of freedom. Only the strong can be secure, and only in freedom can men produce read more
Security is the priceless product of freedom. Only the strong can be secure, and only in freedom can men produce those material resources which can secure them from want at home and against aggression from abroad.
It's an old adage that the way to be safe is never to be secure. Each one of us requires read more
It's an old adage that the way to be safe is never to be secure. Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best.