Dangerous Quotes

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I fear animals regard man as a creature of their own kind which has in a highly dangerous fashion lost its healthy animal reason -… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Be advised what thou dost discourse of, and what thou maintainest whether touching religion, state, or vanity; for if thou err in the first, thou… — Walter Raleigh
Nothing is so dangerous for our security as large groups of desperate people. — Marianne Williamson
It is dangerous to live in a secure world. — Teju Cole
Dangerous thing, a name. Someone might catch hold of you by it, mightn't they? — Richard Adams
One of the most dangerous forms of human error is forgetting what one is trying to achieve. — Paul Nitze
I know my own nation best. That's why I despise it the most. And know and love my own people, too, the swine. I'm a… — Edward Abbey
One thing more dangerous than getting between a grizzly sow and her cub is getting between a businessman and a dollar bill. — Edward Abbey
A plongeur is a slave, and a wasted slave, doing stupid and largely unnecessary work. He is kept at work, ultimately, because of a vague… — George Orwell
The French constitute the most brilliant and the most dangerous nation in Europe and the best qualified in turn to become an object of admiration,… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Every one knows that the exercise of military power is forever dangerous to civil rights; and we have had recent instances of violences that have… — Samuel Adams
We shall divert through our own Country a branch of commerce which the European States have thought worthy of the most important struggles and sacrifices,… — Thomas Jefferson
I think opinions should be judged by their influences and effects; and if a man holds none that tend to make him less virtuous or… — Benjamin Franklin
Precedents are dangerous things; let the reins of government then be braced and held with a steady hand, and every violation of the Constitution be… — George Washington
An avidity to punish is always dangerous to liberty. It leads men to stretch, to misinterpret, and to misapply even the best of laws. — Thomas Paine
Knowledge is dangerous, which is why governments often clamp down on people who can think thoughts above a certain caliber. — Terry Pratchett
The most serious charge that can be brought against modern benevolence is that it encourages the perpetuation of defectives, delinquents and dependents. These are the… — Margaret Sanger
All delays are dangerous in war. — John Dryden
No money, no place to live – I’ve been in more dangerous situations than other people. — Lana Del Rey
The main condition for the achievement of love is the overcoming of one's narcissism. The narcissistic orientation is one in which one experiences as real… — Erich Fromm
One does not want to be deceived, under the supposition that it is injurious, dangerous, or fatal to be deceived. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Guns aren't toys! They're for family protection, hunting dangerous or delicious animals, and keeping the King of England out of your face! — Homer
Let me have men about me that are fat, Sleek-headed-men, and such as sleep o'nights; Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look; he thinks… — Julius Caesar
To be an enemy of America can be dangerous, but to be a friend is fatal — Henry A. Kissinger
The corruption of the good by the belief in their own infallible goodnes is the most bloody dangerous pitfall in the human spectrum. Once you… — Helen Fielding

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