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Safety Quotes by H. L. Mencken
- Law and its instrument, government, are necessary to the peace and safety of all of us, but all of us, unless we live the lives…
- Morality is nothing but a struggle for safety
- The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an…
- Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks, it is seldom necessary to assume it.
- The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear - fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants above everything else…
- Civilization, in fact, grows more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of…
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- America used to have a strong 'moral safety net' for its people. Today that net is badly frayed, not only because families… — Gary Bauer
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- The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences. — Ruth Benedict
- I've spent my life as an airplane mechanic, pilot, aircraft manufacturer and airline CEO who never lost a life or an airplane.… — Gordon Bethune
- If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the old woman did her lost spectacles, safe… — Josh Billings
- If there was no faith there would be no living in this world. We could not even eat hash with any safety. — Josh Billings
- Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety. — Aeschylus
- Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety. — Aesop
- We will never have real safety and security for wage earners unless we provide for safety and security for the wage payers… — William J. H. Boetcker
- I am thankful the most important key in history was invented. It's not the key to your house, your car, your boat,… — Elayne Boosler