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The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. When in a state of security he does not forget the possibility of ruin. When all is orderly, he does not forget that disorder may come. Thus his person is not endangered, and his States and all their clans are preserved.: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)
Better be despised for too anxious apprehensions, than ruined by too confident security.: Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)
There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunity.: General Douglas MacArthur (1880 - 1964)
There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.: General Douglas MacArthur (1880 - 1964)
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security 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 exposure.: Helen Keller (1880 - 1968)
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.... Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.: Helen Keller (1880 - 1968), The Open Door (1957)
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.: James F. Byrnes (1879 - 1972)
The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.: Lord Acton
Security is a kind of death.: Tennessee Williams (1911 - 1983)
No one can build his security upon the nobleness of another person.: Willa Cather (1873 - 1947)


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