Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct. Even the ardent love of liberty will, after a time, give way to its dictates.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It is a universal and fundamental political principle that the power to protect can safely be confided only to those interested in protecting, or their responsible agents - a maxim not less true in private than in public affairs.
The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.
Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have.
Danger is ever-present in life, more for some than others.
The most effective leaders are actually better at guarding against danger when they acknowledge it that it exists. Cowards, in contrast, cling to the hope that failure will never happen and may be sloppy in the face of danger - not because they don't acknowledge that it exists, but because they are just too afraid of it to look it in the eye.
It takes leadership to improve safety. And I started off the movement in my time, but the person who has done more over the past 20 to 30 years and who has led it is Professor Sid Watkins.
Fear is the foundation of safety.
Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
It's important to be the gatekeeper against dangerous ideas.
We are potentially the most dangerous agency in the country.