If I had to say something to Americans, being afraid and having fear, it's okay to be fearful because that will make you strong; being afraid will shut you down.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Americans have discovered fear.
America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.
I think it's good to be a little more fearless in saying what you feel. In not being scared of the repercussions of that.
Americans' great and secret fear is that America may turn out to be a phenomenon rather than a civilization.
Americans need never fear their government because of the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation.
People say to me all the time, 'You have no fear.' I tell them, 'No, that's not true. I'm scared all the time. You have to have fear in order to have courage. I'm a courageous person because I'm a scared person.'
Our world is utterly saturated with fear. We fear being attacked by religious extremists, both foreign and domestic. We fear the loss of political rights, a loss of privacy, or a loss of freedom. We fear being injured, robbed or attacked, being judged by others, or neglected, or left unloved.
In later life, we don't easily talk of fears, but instead we discuss our 'concerns.' Fear seems too primal and hysterical, but concern is polite and intellectual and nicely under control.
When even one American - who has done nothing wrong - is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth - then all Americans are in peril.
Here in America, we don't give in to our fears. We don't build up walls to keep people out.