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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.
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.
Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security.
Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security.
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.
No one can build his security upon the nobleness of another person.
No one can build his security upon the nobleness of another person.
The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.
The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.
Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing, though the overtaking and possessing of a read more
Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing, though the overtaking and possessing of a wish discovers the folly of the chase.
Security is an illusion. Life is either a daring adventure or it is nothing at all.
Security is an illusion. Life is either a daring adventure or it is nothing at all.
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.
